Pierce, Colorado Explained

Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Established Title:Founded
Established Title2:Incorporated (town)
Established Date2:August 30, 1918[2]
Official Name:Town of Pierce, Colorado
Settlement Type:Town
Postal Code Type:ZIP code[3]
Postal Code:80650
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County[4]
Subdivision Name2:Weld
Government Type:Statutory Town
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Nanci Crom
Established Date:1869
Area Total Km2:4.81
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:1.86
Area Land Km2:4.81
Area Land Sq Mi:1.86
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Area Water Percent:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[5]
Population Total:1097
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Coordinates:40.635°N -104.7544°W
Elevation M:1534
Elevation Ft:5033
Area Code:970
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:08-59005
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0202703
Area Footnotes:[6]

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.[7] The town was named after John Pierce, a railroad official.[8]

Geography

Pierce is located at 40.635°N -104.7544°W (40.635134, -104.754574).[9]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7sqmi, all of it land.

Demographics

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. January 31, 2008. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  2. Web site: Colorado Municipal Incorporations . State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives . December 1, 2004 . September 2, 2007.
  3. Web site: ZIP Code Lookup. . . December 14, 2007.
  4. Web site: Active Colorado Municipalities . State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs . September 1, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html . December 12, 2009 .
  5. Web site: Pierce town, Colorado . United States Census Bureau. April 19, 2023 .
  6. Web site: 2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2020.
  7. Web site: Post offices . Jim Forte Postal History . July 7, 2016.
  8. Book: Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.. Denver, CO. 41.
  9. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. April 23, 2011. February 12, 2011.