Campion, Colorado

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Larimer County, CO, USA}}

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Campion is an unincorporated community located in southeastern Larimer County, Colorado, United States.[http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Colorado_stplace2.html Colorado Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data).] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120711184447/http://mcdc.missouri.edu/webrepts/pl94trends/Colorado_stplace2.html |date=2012-07-11 }} Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed 2011-02-25. A former census-designated place (CDP), the population was 1,832 at the United States Census 2000.

Etymology

Campion was named for John F. Campion, a railroad official.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=18|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=12}}

Geography

Campion is located between Loveland and Berthoud along U.S. Route 287.

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Demographics

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|1990|1,692

|2000|1,832

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See also

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