Fort Lupton, Colorado
Fort Lupton, Colorado | ||
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FIPS code 08-27700 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0180857 | |
Website | www |
The City of Fort Lupton is a
History
The city was named for Lieutenant Lancaster Lupton, who built a trading post on Adobe Creek in 1838.[3][4] The trading post, Fort Lupton, has been reconstructed near the site of the original fort using some of the original adobe bricks at the South Platte Valley Historical Park, which was established by the South Platte Valley Historical Society northwest of the city of Fort Lupton. It is a historical park about early area settlement.[5][6]
Geography
The city of Fort Lupton is located at 40°5′N 104°48′W / 40.083°N 104.800°W (40.0849, -104.8030).[7]
At the
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 113 | — | |
1900 | 214 | 89.4% | |
1910 | 614 | 186.9% | |
1920 | 1,014 | 65.1% | |
1930 | 1,578 | 55.6% | |
1940 | 1,692 | 7.2% | |
1950 | 1,907 | 12.7% | |
1960 | 2,194 | 15.0% | |
1970 | 2,489 | 13.4% | |
1980 | 4,251 | 70.8% | |
1990 | 5,159 | 21.4% | |
2000 | 6,787 | 31.6% | |
2010 | 7,377 | 8.7% | |
2020 | 7,955 | 7.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
As of the
There were 2,099 households, out of which 48.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.62.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,917, and the median income for a family was $45,348. Males had a median income of $34,368 versus $23,849 for females. The
Education
Fort Lupton is part of Weld County Public School District RE-8, which includes Fort Lupton Middle School[9] Fort Lupton High School, Butler Elementary, Twombly Elementary, Little Trappers Preschool, and Kenneth Homyak PK-8. As of 2013, Fort Lupton High School had 560 students in grades 9-12.[10] A controversy arose at the high school in September 2013 when a group of parents sought to remove the novel Looking for Alaska, the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award winner by John Green from the school's curriculum.[11]
Notable people
- Brian Shaw, leading American strongman, placed first in the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2016 World's Strongest Man.
- John Naka, Japanese-America bonsai grandmaster, was born in and spent his first eight years there.
See also
- Colorado
- List of counties in Colorado
- List of municipalities in Colorado
- List of places in Colorado
- List of statistical areas in Colorado
- Front Range Urban Corridor
- North Central Colorado Urban Area
- Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
- Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
References
- ^ a b c d e "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data". United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ "Profile for Fort Lupton, Colorado". ePodunk. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 129.
- ^ "The New Fort Lupton Rises On The Banks Of The South Platte River". CBS Denver. September 4, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "South Platte Valley Historical Society Home Page". South Platte Valley Historical Society. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
Since there will likely be a currency issue with the home page: 'The South Platte Valley Historical Society has a mission to preserve the history of the South Platte Valley area. The Society is creating a one-hundred acre history park on the north side of Fort Lupton with facilities dedicated to education and historic interpretation... Visit the Society's South Platte Valley Historical Park - Lupton's Fort and the South Platte Valley Settlement... Northwest of the city of Fort Lupton off of Highway 85. The historical park is 1/4 mile West of Highway 85 off of County Road 141/2. Turn right onto Historic Park Way.'
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ (18 September 2013). Weld Re-8 Schools to break ground on Fort Lupton Middle School remodeling, Fort Lupton Press
- ^ About the School (Fort Lupton High School), Weld-8 School District, Retrieved 1 October 2013
- ^ (1 October 2013). Looking for Alaska Challenged at Fort Lupton High School, fishingboatproceeds, Retrieved 1 October 2013