Kersey, Colorado#History
{{short description|Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
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The Town of Kersey is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,495 at the 2020 United States census.
History
{{redirect-distinguish|Fort Gerry|Fort Garry}}
Elbridge Gerry established a trading post called Fort Gerry on the South Platte River near the present-day town of Kersey, Colorado in the 1830s. He had two Native American wives who helped him run the post. In 1840, Gerry abandoned the site and built a post on the south bank of the river.{{cite web|url=https://www.northamericanforts.com/West/co.html |title=Colorado forts - Fort Huerfano|access-date=June 6, 2018|author1=Phil Payette|author2=Pete Payette|publisher=American Forts Network}}{{cite book|title=Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Narrows Unit: Environmental Impact Statement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RIzAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA17|year=1976|page=17}} Gerry is said to be the first white man to settle in what is now Weld County.{{cite book|author=Sarah Arnusch|title=Evans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwnmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|year=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-3121-6|pages=14–}}
A post office called Kersey has been in operation since 1894.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=June 29, 2016}} A railroad official gave Kersey the maiden name of his mother.{{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=35|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=29}}
Geography
Kersey is located at {{coord|40|23|10|N|104|33|41|W|type:city}} (40.386060, -104.561453).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.
Demographics
{{US Census population|align=left
|1910= 304
|1920= 319
|1930= 307
|1940= 268
|1950= 304
|1960= 378
|1970= 474
|1980= 913
|1990= 863
|2000= 1406
|2010= 1454
|2020= 1495
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See also
{{portal|Colorado}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Kersey, Colorado}}
- {{official website|https://www.kerseygov.com/}}
{{Weld County, Colorado}}
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