Pierce, Colorado
{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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|established_title = Founded
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|established_date2 = August 30, 1918{{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 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}
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|postal_code = 80650
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Nanci Crom
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|established_date = 1869
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|area_total_km2 = 4.81
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|website = {{URL|https://townofpierce.org/}}
|area_code = 970
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Pierce is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,097 at the 2020 census. The town is a rural agricultural community located on the Colorado Eastern Plains along U.S. Highway 85 north of Greeley.
History
A post office called Pierce has been in operation since 1903.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 7, 2016}} The town was named after John Pierce, 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=47|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=41}}
Geography
Pierce is located at {{coord|40|38|6|N|104|45|16|W|type:city}} (40.635134, -104.754574).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=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|0.7|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.
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Demographics
{{US Census population
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|1920= 327
|1930= 281
|1940= 343
|1950= 372
|1960= 424
|1970= 452
|1980= 878
|1990= 823
|2000= 884
|2010= 834
|2020= 1097
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In popular culture
The opening scene of the 2000 science fiction film Titan A.E. takes place in Pierce, Colorado in the year 3028 A.D., right before Earth is destroyed by the Drej aliens' mothership. It is seen to have a futuristic spaceport.
See also
{{portal|Geography|North America||United States|Colorado}}
- Outline of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- State of Colorado
- Colorado cities and towns
- Colorado municipalities
- Colorado counties
- Weld County, Colorado
- Colorado metropolitan areas
- Front Range Urban Corridor
- North Central Colorado Urban Area
- Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO Combined Statistical Area
- Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://townofpierce.org/}}
- [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/PIERCE.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Pierce]
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