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.
A post office called Pierce has been in operation since 1903.[7] The town was named after John Pierce, a railroad official.[8]
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.
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.