| Official Name: | Town of Severance, Colorado |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Motto: | Where the geese fly and the bulls cry |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
| Subdivision Name2: | Weld County |
| Government Type: | Statutory Town |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Matthew Fries |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor Pro Tempore |
| Leader Name1: | Brittany Vandermark |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | November 20, 1920[2] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 23.79 |
| Area Land Km2: | 23.49 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.31 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 9.19 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 9.07 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.12 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population Total: | 7683 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5353°N -104.8508°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [5] |
| Elevation M: | 1490 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4888 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[6] |
| Postal Code: | 80546 (PO Box) |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 08-69150 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0180531 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Est: | 11500 |
Severance is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 7,683 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the Colorado Eastern Plains, northwest of Greeley, a crossroads of county roads.
A post office in Severance has been in operation since 1894.[7] The community was named after David Severance, a pioneer settler.[8]
Rocky Mountain oysters, a regional dish, are served at Bruce's Bar, a local landmark.[9]
Severance is also the home of KRKA radio, an Air 1 station with a far-reaching signal which can be heard as far away as Denver.
In October 2023, a shooting and subsequent murder-suicide left two dead.[10]
Severance is located at 40.5352°N -104.8508°W.[11]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1sqmi, of which, 2sqmi of it is land and 0.1sqmi of it (3.27%) is water.
The following list contains a number of Weld RE-4 public schools located in Severance.[12]
The town previously had a ban on snowball fights that was repealed in 2018 after 9-year old advocated for the repeal.[13]