Hudson, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

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|settlement_type = Home rule municipality

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|map_caption = Location of Hudson in Weld County, Colorado.

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|subdivision_type2 = County{{cite web |url=http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html |title=Active Colorado Municipalities |publisher=State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs |access-date=September 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html |archive-date=December 12, 2009 }}

|subdivision_name2 = Weld

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|government_type = Statutory Town

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|established_title2 = Incorporated (town)

|established_date2 = April 2, 1914{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | access-date = September 2, 2007}}

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|area_total_km2 = 15.43

|area_land_km2 = 15.23

|area_water_km2 = 0.20

|area_total_sq_mi = 5.96

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|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Hudson_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0837820 |title=Hudson town, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 19, 2023 |quote=}}

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|population_total = 1651

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|timezone = MST

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|timezone_DST = MDT

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|coordinates = {{coord|40|4|21|N|104|38|24|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 1524

|elevation_ft = 5000

|postal_code_type = ZIP code{{cite web |url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=JavaScript/HTML |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=October 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104123722/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archive-date=November 4, 2010 }}

|postal_code = 80642

|area_code = 303

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|blank_info = 08-37820

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|blank1_info = 0180861

|website = [http://www.hudsoncolorado.org/ Town of Hudson]

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The Town of Hudson is a home rule municipality{{cite web|title=Town of Hudson Home Rule Charter|url=https://hudsoncolorado.org/DocumentCenter/View/203/-Home-Rule-Charter-Adopted-1-5-16-signed?bidId=|access-date=June 2, 2019}} in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,651 at the 2020 census.

A post office called Hudson has been in operation since 1883.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=June 27, 2016}} The town derives its name from the town company, Hudson City Land and Improvement Co.{{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=33|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=27}}