Editing Frederick, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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| motto              = Built on What Matters
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| government_type    = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun/>
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Tracie Crites
| leader_title1      = Town Manager
| leader_name1       = Bryan Ostler
| established_title  = <!-- Settled -->
| established_date   = 
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated (town)]]
| established_date2  = December 26, 1907<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | access-date = September 2, 2007}}</ref>
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| total_type         = Total
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| area_total_km2     = 39.423
| area_land_km2      = 39.099
| area_water_km2     = 0.324
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| population_total   = 14,513
| population_density_sq_mi = 961
| population_metro   = 328,981
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| population_blank1  = 5,055,344
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| elevation_m        = 1519
| elevation_ft       = 4984
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| postal_code        = 80504 & 80516 & 80530
| area_code          = [[Area codes 303 and 720|303, 720]]
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| blank_info         = 08-28360
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| blank1_info        = 0180839
| website            = {{URL|https://www.frederickco.gov/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

The '''Town of Frederick''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] located in [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld County]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref name=COMun/> The town population was 14,513 at the [[2020 United States census]], a +67.22% increase since the [[2010 United States Census]].<ref name=2020_Census/> Frederick is a part of the [[Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area]] and the [[Front Range Urban Corridor]].

==History==
Initially named McKissick for the mine owner, Frederick was renamed when the daughters of Frederick A. Clark, a land owner, laid out the town site in 1907 and named it for their father.<ref name="weldcounty150.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.weldcounty150.org/assets/31176b96C40b7a066C3B.pdf|title=County 150 - History of Weld}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9482|title=Profile for Frederick, Colorado|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=June 16, 2010|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609025249/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9482|url-status=dead}}</ref> Incorporated in 1907, the Town of Frederick began as a coal mining town<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frederickco.gov/visitors.aspx?id=3410 |title=Town of Frederick, Colorado - Visitors |access-date=April 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326235336/http://www.frederickco.gov/visitors.aspx?id=3410 |archive-date=March 26, 2010  }}</ref>  attracting immigrants from Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, several Slavic countries and Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.frederickco.gov/residents.aspx?id=3408 |title=Town of Frederick, Colorado - Residents |access-date=April 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326235259/http://www.frederickco.gov/residents.aspx?id=3408 |archive-date=March 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Frederick Coal mine closed in 1960.<ref name="weldcounty150.org"/>

In 2014 the town 're-branded' by designing a logo that is a stylized gas lamp with a mountain range background, and adopting the tag line "Built on What Matters". Prior to the re-branding the town primarily used the seal as a logo on town vehicles and letter head.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.frederickco.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/378 |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055831/http://www.frederickco.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/378 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The town came to international media attention upon becoming the scene of a [[Watts family murders|high-profile murder case]] in which resident Chris Watts killed his pregnant wife and their two daughters in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cleary |first=Tom |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Chris Watts: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/chris-watts-shanann-watts-husband/ |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=Heavy.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Geography==
Frederick is located at {{coord|40|6|40|N|104|57|39|W|type:city}} (40.111175, −104.960967).<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|39.423|km2|acre|order=flip}} including {{convert|0.324|km2|acre|order=flip}} of water.<ref name=2020_Census/>

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Immediately adjacent communities to Frederick are [[Firestone, Colorado|Firestone]] to the North, and [[Dacono, Colorado|Dacono]] to the South. Frederick, Firestone, and Dacono generally being called the 'Tri-Towns' or the 'Tri-Town area', the area in general being called 'Carbon Valley'. The next closest communities are Erie to the southwest, [[Longmont, Colorado|Longmont]] to the west, [[Fort Lupton, Colorado|Fort Lupton]] to the east, and an unincorporated area of Weld County called DelCamino to the northwest. Within the incorporated area of the Town of Frederick is an unincorporated section called 'Evanston'.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1910 = 266
| 1920 = 361
| 1930 = 596
| 1940 = 652
| 1950 = 599
| 1960 = 595
| 1970 = 696
| 1980 = 855
| 1990 = 988
| 2000 = 2467
| 2010 = 8679
| 2020 = 14513
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 17676
| 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 of 2010, there were 8,679 people in 3070 households.  The racial makeup of the town was 7747 White, 47 African American, 181 Asian, 34 AIAN, 1 NHPI, 398 Other, with 1222 claiming Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity.  4369 were Male, 4310 were Female and 2692 under 18 years of age.

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 2,467 people, 852 households, and 684 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|286.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 896 housing units at an average density of {{convert|104.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 87.15% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.57% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.01% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.81% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 8.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.39% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 20.88% of the population.

There were 852 households, out of which 43.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.9% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 13.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 38.2% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $55,324, and the median income for a family was $56,394. Males had a median income of $39,191 versus $28,462 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,602.  About 4.6% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
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==Education==
Frederick Public Schools are part of the [[St. Vrain Valley School District]]. Schools located in Frederick include
[[Frederick High School (Colorado)|Frederick Senior High School]], Thunder Valley (K-8), Legacy Elementary, and Carbon Valley Academy (Charter School).

==Politics==
In 2017, Frederick residents voted in a recall election for the mayor and four of the town's trustees.  On September 5, 2017, the town announced that 1,984 ballots were cast, the most of any election in the history of the town. Majorities of voters cast ballots in favor of all of the officials keeping their seats, by margins of at least 300 votes in each case.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.timescall.com/carbon-valley-news/ci_31278995/frederick-recall-election-results
| title      = Historic Frederick recall election fails to unseat mayor, 4 town trustees
| work       = [[Longmont Times-Call]]
| last1      = Fryar
| first1     = John
| date       = September 6, 2017
| access-date = January 10, 2019
}}</ref>

==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.frederickco.gov/ Town of Frederick website]
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Frederick.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Frederick]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225002350/http://www.timescall.com/cve/ Carbon Valley Edition of the Times-Call] (Local news, information & advertising)

{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Surrounding communities'''
|Centre    = Fredrick
|North     = [[Firestone, Colorado|Firestone]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = ''[[Great Plains]]''
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Dacono, Colorado|Dacono]]
|Southwest = [[Erie, Colorado|Erie]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Weld County, Colorado}}
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[[Category:Towns in Weld County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]