Editing Fort Lupton, Colorado

{{short description|City in Colorado, United States}}
{{for|the trading post|Fort Lupton (Colorado)}}
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|motto                    = "Where Tradition Builds the Future" 
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The '''City of Fort Lupton''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory city|Statutory City]] located in southern [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld County]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref name=COMun/> The town population was 7,955 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=2020_Census/> Fort Lupton is a part of the [[Greeley, Colorado Metropolitan Statistical Area]] and the [[Front Range Urban Corridor]].

==History==
The city was named for Lieutenant [[Lancaster Lupton]], who built a trading post on Adobe Creek in 1838.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9474|title=Profile for Fort Lupton, Colorado|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n128 129]}}</ref> The trading post, [[Fort Lupton (Colorado)|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.<ref name="CBS">{{Cite news |url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/09/04/the-new-fort-lupton-rises-on-the-banks-of-the-south-platte-river/ |title=The New Fort Lupton Rises On The Banks Of The South Platte River |date=September 4, 2011 |work=CBS Denver |access-date=June 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.spvhs.org/ |title=South Platte Valley Historical Society Home Page |work=South Platte Valley Historical Society  |access-date=June 7, 2018|quote=Since there will likely be a currency issue with the home page: 'The South Platte Valley Historical Society has a mission to preserve the history of the South Platte Valley area.  The Society is creating a one-hundred acre history park on the north side of Fort Lupton with facilities dedicated to education and historic interpretation... Visit the Society's South Platte Valley Historical Park - Lupton's Fort and the South Platte Valley Settlement...  Northwest of the city of Fort Lupton off of Highway 85.  The historical park is 1/4 mile West of Highway 85 off of County Road 141/2. Turn right onto Historic Park Way.'}}</ref>

==Geography==
The city of Fort Lupton  is located at {{coord|40|5|N|104|48|W|type:city}} (40.0849, -104.8030).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

At the [[2020 United States census]], the town had a total area of {{convert|31.596|km2|acre|order=flip}} including {{convert|0.137|km2|acre|order=flip}} of water.<ref name=2020_Census/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1890 = 113
| 1900 = 214
| 1910 = 614
| 1920 = 1014
| 1930 = 1578
| 1940 = 1692
| 1950 = 1907
| 1960 = 2194
| 1970 = 2489
| 1980 = 4251
| 1990 = 5159
| 2000 = 6787
| 2010 = 7377
| 2020 = 7955
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 9447
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| footnote = [[United States census|U.S. Decennial Census]]
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 6,787 people, 2,099 households, and 1,677 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|1,707.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,132 housing units at an average density of {{convert|536.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 70.34% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.43% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.36% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.83% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 22.65% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 4.38% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 47.38% of the population.

There were 2,099 households, out of which 48.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.62.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,917, and the median income for a family was $45,348. Males had a median income of $34,368 versus $23,849 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,649.  About 11.3% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.
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==Education==
Fort Lupton is part of Weld County Public School District RE-8, which includes Fort Lupton Middle School<ref name="mid1">(September 18, 2013). [http://www.ftluptonpress.com/content/weld-re-8-schools-break-ground-fort-lupton-middle-school-remodeling Weld Re-8 Schools to break ground on Fort Lupton Middle School remodeling], ''Fort Lupton Press''</ref> Fort Lupton High School, Butler Elementary, Twombly Elementary, Little Trappers Preschool, and Kenneth Homyak PK-8.  As of 2013, Fort Lupton High School had 560 students in grades 9-12.<ref name="pop">[http://flhs.weld8.org/?PageName=%27AboutTheSchool%27 About the School (Fort Lupton High School)], Weld-8 School District, Retrieved October 1, 2013</ref>  A controversy arose at the high school in September 2013 when a group of parents sought to remove the novel ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'', the 2006 [[Michael L. Printz Award]] winner by [[John Green]] from the school's curriculum.<ref name="ref1">(October 1, 2013). [http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/post/62820348146/looking-for-alaska-challenged-at-fort-lupton-high Looking for Alaska Challenged at Fort Lupton High School], fishingboatproceeds, Retrieved October 1, 2013</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Brian Shaw (strongman)|Brian Shaw]], leading American strongman, placed first in the [[2011 World's Strongest Man|2011]], [[2013 World's Strongest Man|2013]], [[2015 World's Strongest Man|2015]], and [[2016 World's Strongest Man]].
*[[John Naka]], Japanese-America [[bonsai]] grandmaster, was born in and spent his first eight years there.
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==See also==
{{portal|Geography|History|United States|Colorado}}
*[[Colorado]]
**[[Bibliography of Colorado]]
**[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
**[[Outline of Colorado]]
*[[List of counties in Colorado]]
*[[List of municipalities in Colorado]]
*[[List of places in Colorado]]
*[[List of statistical areas in Colorado]]
**[[Front Range Urban Corridor]]
**[[North Central Colorado Urban Area]]
**[[Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area]]
**[[Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.fortluptonco.gov/ City of Fort Lupton website]
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Fort%20Lupton.pdf CDOT map of the City of Fort Lupton]

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