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Fort Lupton, Colorado

The City of Fort Lupton is a statutory city located in southern Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 7,955 at the 2020 United States census. Fort Lupton is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

The city was named for Lieutenant Lancaster Lupton, who built a trading post on Adobe Creek in 1838. The trading post, Fort Lupton, has been reconstructed near the site of the original fort using some of the original adobe bricks at the South Platte Valley Historical Park, which was established by the South Platte Valley Historical Society northwest of the city of Fort Lupton. It is a historical park about early area settlement.

The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and the Fort Lupton, Colorado Territory, post office opened on January 18, 1869. Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876. The Town of Fort Lupton was incorporated on January 15, 1890.

Fort Lupton is located in southern Weld County at coordinates 40°05′05″N 104°48′47″W / 40.0847°N 104.8130°W / 40.0847; -104.8130 (Fort Lupton, Colorado) and elevation 4,905 feet (1,495 m).

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of 7,808 acres (31.596 km2) including 34 acres (0.137 km2) of water.

As of the 2020 census, Fort Lupton had a population of 7,955. The median age was 34.8 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.1 males age 18 and over.

95.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 4.8% lived in rural areas.

There were 2,620 households in Fort Lupton, of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.9% were married-couple households, 18.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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