Pierce, Colorado

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

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|established_title = Founded

|established_title2 = Incorporated (town)

|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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|image_caption = Grocery store on Main Street in Pierce, Colorado

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Weld

|government_type = Statutory Town

|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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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.86

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|area_land_sq_mi = 1.86

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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|area_water_percent = 0.0

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|timezone = MST

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|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

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|elevation_m = 1534

|elevation_ft = 5033

|website = {{URL|https://townofpierce.org/}}

|area_code = 970

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|blank_info = 08-59005

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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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See also

References

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