LaSalle, Colorado

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Town of LaSalle, Colorado
Statutory Town
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Entering LaSalle from the south on U.S. Route 85.
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Location of the Town of LaSalle in Weld County, Colorado.
Coordinates: 40°21′2″N104°42′10″W / 40.35056°N 104.70278°W / 40.35056; -104.70278
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
County [1] Weld
Incorporated (town) 1910 [2]
Government
 • Type Statutory Town [1]
Area
[3]
 • Total0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2)
 • Land0.96 sq mi (2.48 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[4]
4,678 ft (1,426 m)
Population
 (2020) [5]
 • Total2,359
 • Density2,500/sq mi (950/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [6]
80645
Area code 970
FIPS code 08-43605
GNIS feature ID 0180726
Website Town of LaSalle

The Town of LaSalle (incorporated in 1910 as the Town of La Salle) is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,359 at the 2020 United States Census. [5]

Contents

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″N104°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%±
1920 460—
1930 56422.6%
1940 75533.9%
1950 7975.6%
1960 1,07034.3%
1970 1,22714.7%
1980 1,92957.2%
1990 1,783−7.6%
2000 1,8493.7%
2010 1,9555.7%
2020 2,35920.7%

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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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