Editing Florence, Colorado (section)

==Geography==
Florence is in eastern Fremont County, on the south side of the [[Arkansas River]]. It is bordered to the west by the town of [[Williamsburg, Colorado|Williamsburg]], and the town of Coal Creek is {{convert|3|mi|0}} to the southwest. [[Colorado State Highway 115]] runs northwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Cañon City, Colorado|Cañon City]] and northeast {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Penrose, Colorado|Penrose]], intersecting [[U.S. Route 50 in Colorado|U.S. Route 50]] in each direction. [[Colorado State Highway 67]] leads north {{convert|3.5|mi}} to US 50 and south {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Wetmore, Colorado|Wetmore]]. [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]] is {{convert|33|mi}} to the east via CO 115 and US 50.

At the [[2020 United States census]], the town had a total area of {{convert|11.091|km2|acre|order=flip}} including {{convert|0.015|km2|acre|order=flip}} of water.<ref name=2020_Census/>

Florence sits in the semi-arid high desert lands of southern Colorado.