Weld County is a
county
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located in the
U.S. state
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of
Colorado
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. As of the
2020 census, the population was 328,981.
The
county seat
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is
Greeley.
Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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, which is included in the
Denver
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–
Aurora
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, CO
Combined Statistical Area
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.
History
![Weld County Courthouse from Lincoln Park](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Weld_County_Courthouse_from_Lincoln_Park.jpg)
On May 30, 1854, the
Kansas–Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 () was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law ...
created the
Nebraska Territory
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and the
Kansas Territory
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...
, divided by the
Parallel 40° North (
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*Baseline Road (Southern California)
*M-102 (Michigan highway) in Southeast Michigan
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*Baseline Road (Ottawa) in Ontario
*Bas ...
or
County Line Road or
Weld County Road 2
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in the future Weld County). Present-day Weld County, Colorado, lay in the southwestern portion of the
Nebraska Territory
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, bordering the
Kansas Territory
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...
.
In July 1858, gold was discovered along the
South Platte River
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in
Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory
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History
On August 25, 1855, the Kansas Territorial Legislature created Arapahoe C ...
. This discovery precipitated the
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
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. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of
Kansas
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and
Nebraska
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, so they voted to form their own
Territory of Jefferson
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on October 24, 1859. The following month, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties for the new territory, including
St. Vrain County. St. Vrain County was named in honor of
Ceran de Hault de Lassus de St. Vrain
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, the
French
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trader who established the first
trading post
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Typically the location of the trading post would allow people from one geographic area to tr ...
on the upper
South Platte River
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. St. Vrain County encompassed much of what is today Weld County.
The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but on February 28, 1861,
U.S. President James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...
signed an act organizing the
Territory of Colorado
The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado.
The territory was organized in the ...
.
On November 1, 1861, the
Colorado General Assembly
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organized 17 counties, including Weld County, for the new Colorado Territory. Weld County was named for
Lewis Ledyard Weld
Lewis Ledyard Weld (May 13, 1833 – January 10, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and Union Army officer.
Weld, the third son of Lewis Weld, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, May 13, 1833.
He graduated from Yale College in 1854. A ...
, a lawyer and territorial secretary. He died while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Until February 9, 1887, Weld County's boundaries included the area now comprising Weld County,
Washington County,
Logan County,
Morgan County,
Yuma County,
Phillips County, and
Sedgwick County.
Weld County was thrust into the media spotlight on the evening of November 1, 1955, when
United Airlines Flight 629, a
Douglas DC-6
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B airliner flying from
Denver
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to
Portland, Oregon
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, exploded in midair and crashed, killing all 44 persons on board the plane and scattering bodies, wreckage and debris over a six-square-mile area of the county. The subsequent investigation of the accident revealed that Denver resident
John Gilbert Graham
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had secretly placed a time bomb composed of 25 sticks of
dynamite
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in a suitcase belonging to his mother, who was a passenger on the airplane. Graham was tried and convicted of the crime, and executed in 1957.
In northeastern Weld County,
Minuteman III missile silo "N-8", one of the many unmanned silos there, was the target of symbolic vandalism by Catholic peace activists in 2002.
Weld County also holds the distinction of having more confirmed
tornado
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sightings than any other U.S. county from 1950 to 2011, with 252 confirmed reports.
On March 6, 2019, the county declared itself to be a
Second Amendment sanctuary
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.
Secession proposals
In 2013, conservative Weld County commissioners began a campaign to secede from the State of Colorado to create a new state; a state ballot measure regarding the issue was put on the November 2013 ballot. The legality of this initiative has been questioned by local attorneys. On Nov 5th, 2013, 6 out of 11 Colorado counties voted no for secession, including Weld County. Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Moffat, Sedgwick, and Weld counties voted no, while Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Washington, and Yuma counties voted yes. "Weld County voters said this is an option we shouldn't pursue and we won't pursue it," said Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway, "But we will continue to look at the problems of the urban and rural divide in this state."
In 2021, a group known as "Weld County, WY" organized a petition to place a measure on the November 2021 ballot for the county to secede from Colorado to join
Wyoming
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, due to a clash between the conservative politics of Weld County and the liberal government of Colorado.
Mark Gordon, the Governor of Wyoming, said when asked about the topic, "We would love that." In response to Gordon's comment, Colorado Governor
Jared Polis
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said, "Hands off Weld County."
Geography
![Pawnee Grassland Butte](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Pawnee_Grassland_Butte.jpg)
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.7%) are water.
It is the third-largest county in Colorado by area.
Weld County lies within the relatively flat eastern portion of Colorado; the northeastern portions of the county contain the extensive
Pawnee National Grassland
Pawnee National Grassland is a United States National Grassland located in northeastern Colorado on the Colorado Eastern Plains. The grassland is located in the South Platte River basin in remote northern and extreme northeastern Weld County be ...
and the Pawnee Buttes, which jut above the surrounding terrain and are surrounded by many small canyons and outcroppings. Along the western border, hilly areas indicate the presence of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains further west.
The county is served by two interstate highways:
I-25
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(US 87) runs through the southwestern corner and
I-76
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* ''Interstate '76
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from the south central edge northeastward to the Morgan county border. Other major roads include
US 85
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and
US 34
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, which intersect near
Greeley, and
State Highway 14, which runs through
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People
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*Dick Ault, American athlete
*John Ault, writer, academic, politician
*Doug Ault, Major League Baseball player
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.
Adjacent counties
*
Kimball County,
Nebraska
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- northeast
*
Logan County - east
*
Morgan County - east
*
Adams County - south
*
City and County of Broomfield - southwest
*
Boulder County
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Boulder County comprises t ...
- west
*
Larimer County - west
*
Laramie County
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,
Wyoming
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- northwest
Major Highways
*
Interstate 25
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*
Interstate 76
*
*
U.S. Highway 6
*
U.S. Highway 34
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*
U.S. Highway 85
*
U.S. Highway 87
*
State Highway 14
*
State Highway 37
*
State Highway 52
*
State Highway 56
*
State Highway 60
*
State Highway 71
*
State Highway 79
*
State Highway 257
*
State Highway 263
*
State Highway 392
*
State Highway 402
* State Highway 7
* State Highway 66
National protected area
![Pawnee Grassland Sunrise](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Pawnee_Grassland_Sunrise.jpg)
*
Pawnee National Grassland
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State protected area
*
Fort Vasquez State History Museum
*
St. Vrain State Park
Trails and byways
*
American Discovery Trail
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*
Pawnee Pioneer Trails Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language:
* Pawnee people
* Pawnee language
Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States:
* Pawnee, Illinois
* Pawnee, Kansas
* Pawnee, Missouri
* Pawnee City, Nebraska ...
*
Poudre River National Recreation Trail
*
South Platte Trail
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Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 180,936 people, 63,247 households, and 45,221 families residing in the county. The
population density
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was 45 people per square mile (18/km
2). There were 66,194 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile (6/km
2). The racial makeup of the county was 81.71%
White
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, 0.56%
Black
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or
African American
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, 0.87%
Native American, 0.83%
Asian, 0.08%
Pacific Islander
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, 13.29% from
other races
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, and 2.65% from two or more races. 27.05% of the population were
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race.
There were 63,247 households, out of which 37.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were
married couples
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living together, 9.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 21.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.25.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.20% under the age of 18, 13.20% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 20.00% from 45 to 64, and 9.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 100.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.00 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,321, and the median income for a family was $49,569. Males had a median income of $35,037 versus $25,757 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the county was $18,957. About 8.00% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 14.60% of those under age 18 and 8.50% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
Weld County is Colorado's leading producer of cattle, grain and sugar beets, and is the richest agricultural county in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and the fourth richest overall nationally. It is also becoming more important as a milk producing county, with close to half of the state's cattle
Weld County is also an important area of oil and natural gas production in the
Denver-Julesburg basin, Denver-Julesburg Basin.
Communities
Cities
*
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
‡
*
Dacono
*
Evans
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People
*Evans (surname)
* List of people with surname Evans
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* Evans, Colorado
*Evans, Georgia
*Evans County, Georgia
*Evans, New York
*Evans Mills, New York
*Evans Cit ...
*
Fort Lupton
*
Greeley
*
Longmont‡
*
Northglenn‡
*
Thornton (part)‡
Towns
*
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People
*Chris Ault, head coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack football team
*Dick Ault, American athlete
*John Ault, writer, academic, politician
*Doug Ault, Major League Baseball player
*E.B. "Harry" Ault, American labor union newspa ...
*
Berthoud ‡
*
Eaton
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Buildings Canada
* Eaton Centre, the name of various shopping malls in Canada due to having been anchored by an Eaton's store
* Eaton's / John Maryon Tower, a cancelled skyscraper in Toronto
* Eaton Hall (King City), a conferen ...
*
Erie
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‡
*
Firestone
*
Frederick
*
Garden City
*
Gilcrest
*
Grover
*
Hudson
*
Johnstown‡
*
Keenesburg
*
Kersey
*
LaSalle
*
Lochbuie‡
*
Mead
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*
Milliken
*
Nunn
*
Pierce
*
Platteville
*
Raymer
*
Severance
*
Windsor
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* Windsor, New South Wales
** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area
* Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
**Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...
‡
Census-designated places
*
Aristocrat Ranchettes
*
Briggsdale
Unincorporated communities
*
Auburn
*
Avalo
*
Carr
*
Dearfield
*
Galeton (originally called "Zita")
*
Gill
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*
Hereford
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*
Highlandlake
*
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* Ione, Colorado, an unincorporated community
* Ione, Nevada, an unincorporated community
* Ione, Oregon, a city
* Ione, Washington, a town
* Ionopolis or Ione, an ancient town near Antioch ...
*
Keota
*
Lucerne
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*
Roggen
*
Stoneham
*
Wattenburg
Ghost towns
*
Alden
*
Dearfield
* Elwell
*
Fort St. Vrain
*
Latham
*
Masters
*
Rosedale
*
Serene
*
Sligo
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‡ means a populated place has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Politics
Similar to the fellow
Denver Metropolitan Area
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county of
Douglas
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People
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* Douglas (surname)
Animals
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* Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...
, Weld leans Republican. Except for
Lyndon Johnson
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’s 1964 landslide win over
Barry Goldwater
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, it has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1936.
Education
School districts serving Weld County include:
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* Ault-Highland School District RE-9
* Briggsdale School District RE-10 Briggsdale may refer to one of the following places in the United States:
* Briggsdale, Columbus, Ohio, a neighborhood of Columbus
*Briggsdale, Colorado
Briggsdale is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) lo ...
* Eaton School District RE-2
* Greeley School District 6
* Johnstown-Milliken School District RE-5J
* Pawnee School District RE-12 Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language:
* Pawnee people
* Pawnee language
Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States:
* Pawnee, Illinois
* Pawnee, Kansas
* Pawnee, Missouri
* Pawnee City, Nebraska
...
* Platte Valley School District RE-7 Platte may refer to:
Geography United States
* Platte, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
* Platte, South Dakota, a city
* Platte Canyon, Colorado
* Platte City, Missouri
* Platte Lake (disambiguation), also Lake Platte
* Platte River (di ...
* Prairie School District RE-11
Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as t ...
* School District 27J
27J Schools is a school district headquartered in Brighton, Colorado. The district was established in 1959 when several existing school districts were consolidated. Dr. Chris Fiedler is currently the superintendent.
The district includes sections ...
* St. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
* Thompson School District R-2J
* Weld County School District RE-1
* Weld County School District RE-3J
* Weld County School District RE-8
Weld may refer to:
* Welding, a metalworking technique
* Weld (name), and persons with the name
* Weld, Maine, United States
* Weld County, Colorado, United States
* ''Weld'' (album), 1991, by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
* ''Reseda luteola'', a pl ...
* Weldon Valley School District RE-20J
* Wiggins School District RE-50J
* Windsor School District RE-4
See also
* Outline of Colorado
* Index of Colorado-related articles
This is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Colorado.
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* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
* 4 Corners
** 4 Corners Monument
* 6th Principal Meridian
* 10-mile Range
* 10th ...
* St. Vrains County, Jefferson Territory St. Vrain's County (or St. Vrain County) was a county of the extralegal United States Territory of Jefferson that existed from November 28, 1859, until February 28, 1861.
History
In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in A ...
* Colorado census statistical areas
The U.S. state of Colorado has twenty-one statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States ...
* Fort St. Vrain Generating Station
The Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Plant was a commercial nuclear power station located near the town of Platteville in northern Colorado in the United States. It operated from 1979 until 1989. It had a 330 MWe High-temperature gas reactor (HTGR) ...
* Front Range Urban Corridor
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References
External links
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Colorado County Evolution by Don Stanwyck
Colorado Historical Society
Greeley/Weld Economic Development Action Partnership, Inc. (EDAP)
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1861 establishments in Colorado Territory
Eastern Plains
Populated places established in 1861