LaSalle, Colorado

Coordinates: 40°21′2″N 104°42′10″W / 40.35056°N 104.70278°W / 40.35056; -104.70278
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Town of LaSalle, Colorado
FIPS code
08-43605
GNIS feature ID0180726
WebsiteTown of LaSalle

The Town of LaSalle (incorporated in 1910 as the Town of La Salle) is a

2020 United States Census.[5]

A post office called La Salle has been in operation since 1886.[7] The community was named by railroad officials after LaSalle Street in Chicago.[8]

Geography

LaSalle is located at 40°21′2″N 104°42′10″W / 40.35056°N 104.70278°W / 40.35056; -104.70278 (40.350681, -104.702914).[9]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1920460
193056422.6%
194075533.9%
19507975.6%
19601,07034.3%
19701,22714.7%
19801,92957.2%
19901,783−7.6%
20001,8493.7%
20101,9555.7%
20202,35920.7%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  2. ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  3. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "La Salle town, Colorado". Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  6. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
  7. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  8. ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 31.
  9. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.

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