Official Name: | Liggett, Colorado |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Boulder |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5007 |
Postal Code: | 80301 |
Area Code: | 720 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 178727 |
Liggett is an unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. It is to the northwest of Lafayette.
Liggett is mostly rural grassland, with a few buildings. Nearby are two lakes, Boulder Creek, and a former Union Pacific rail line currently owned by the Regional Transportation District. Directly to the west of Liggett is 95th Street, heading south to Lafayette and north to Longmont. A second road, Valmont Road, terminates at 95th Street and heads west to Boulder.
The post office in Boulder serves Liggett addresses.[1]
Liggett was established prior to 1904, and was originally known as White Rock. The name was changed to Liggett sometime between 1945 and 1957.[2] The railway was built through the area in the early 1870s by the Denver & Boulder Valley Railroad, and connected Boulder to Brighton.
The rail line was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad via a merger in 1898, and later bought by the Regional Transportation District in 2009.
The origin is not known for certain, but the community is possibly named after Liggett, Indiana.