Editing Longmont, Colorado

{{Short description|City in Colorado, United States}}
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| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Joan Peck]]<ref name=NewMayor2021>{{cite news |last=Mehl |first=Annie |date=November 9, 2021 |title=Longmont mayor, council members take oaths of office |url=https://www.timescall.com/2021/11/08/longmont-mayor-council-members-take-oaths-of-office-2/ |url-status=live |work=Longmont Times-Call |location=Longmont, CO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109174241/https://www.timescall.com/2021/11/08/longmont-mayor-council-members-take-oaths-of-office-2/ |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |access-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref> ([[List of mayors of Longmont, Colorado|List]])
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1871
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2  = November 15, 1885<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>
| named_for          = [[Stephen Harriman Long]] and [[Longs Peak]]
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| area_total_km2     = 78.74
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| population_total   = 98885
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| population_density_km2 = 1327
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| elevation_ft       = 4981
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| postal_code        = 80501–80504
| area_code          = [[Area codes 303 and 720|303/720]]
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| blank_info         = 08-45970
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| website            = {{URL|www.longmontcolorado.gov}}
| population_density_sq_mi = 3436.1
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 28.78
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.64
| population_demonym = Longmonter{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}
}}

'''Longmont''' is a [[List of cities and towns in Colorado#Home rule municipality|home rule municipality]] located in [[Boulder County, Colorado|Boulder]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld]] counties, [[Colorado]], United States. Its population was 98,885 {{As of|2020|lc=y|alt=as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. Census]]}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Longmont city, Colorado Population |url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Longmont%20city,%20Colorado |access-date=September 23, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>  Longmont is located northeast of the county seat of [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]]. It is named after [[Longs Peak]], a prominent mountain that is clearly visible from the city (''mont'' means "mountain" in French).<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n189 190]}}</ref>

==History==
Longmont was founded in 1871 by a group of people from [[Chicago, Illinois]]. Originally called the '''Chicago-Colorado Colony'''<!-- bolded per [[WP:MOSBOLD]] as a redirect -->, led by president [[Robert Collyer]], the men sold memberships in the town, purchasing the land necessary for the [[town hall]] with the proceeds. As the first planned community in Boulder County, the city streets were laid out in a [[grid plan]] within a [[square mile]]. The city began to flourish as an [[agriculture|agricultural]] community after the [[Colorado Central Railroad]] line arrived northward from Boulder in 1877.

In 1925, the [[Ku Klux Klan]] gained control of Longmont's City Council in an election. They began construction of a large [[Pork barrel|pork-barrel project]], Chimney Rock Dam, above Lyons and marched up and down Main Street in their costumes. In the 1927 election they were voted out of office, and their influence soon declined. Work on Chimney Rock Dam was abandoned as unfeasible, and its foundations are still visible in the St. Vrain River.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 10, 1971 |year= |title=Ku Klux Klan Controlled Longmont in 1920's |work=[[Longmont Times-Call|Longmont Daily Times-Call]] |url=https://bocolatinohistory.colorado.edu/newspaper/ku-klux-klan-controlled-longmont-in-1920s-p-1 |url-status=live |access-date=November 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201140512/https://bocolatinohistory.colorado.edu/newspaper/ku-klux-klan-controlled-longmont-in-1920s-p-1 |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |via=The Boulder County Latino History Project}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Runyon |first=Luke |date=January 2, 2019 |title=What Happened When The Colorado KKK Tried To Build A Dam |url=https://www.kunc.org/news/2019-01-02/what-happened-when-the-colorado-kkk-tried-to-build-a-dam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108013401/https://www.kunc.org/news/2019-01-02/what-happened-when-the-colorado-kkk-tried-to-build-a-dam |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=[[KUNC]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 1955, [[United Airlines Flight 629]] exploded over [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld County]], [[Colorado]] 8 miles east of Longmont, killing 44 passengers and crew.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jack Gilbert Graham |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/jack-gilbert-graham |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513001442/https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/jack-gilbert-graham |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=FBI}}</ref>

During the 1960s, the federal government built the [[Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center]] in Longmont, and [[IBM]] built a manufacturing and development campus near Longmont. Longmont Foods was a turkey processor that once supplied turkey products throughout the United States. For example, turkey hot dogs with the Longmont Foods label were sold throughout the US. In 1950 they constructed a large plant on southern Main St. that received trucks full of live turkeys. The company was eventually purchased by [[Butterball]] and then closed 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Butterball to shutter Longmont plant; 350 jobs to be lost |url=https://www.timescall.com/2011/09/14/butterball-to-shutter-longmont-plant-350-jobs-to-be-lost/ |website=Longmont Times Call |date =September 14, 2011 | access-date = February 3, 2024}}</ref>
As agriculture waned, more high technology has come to the city, including companies like [[Seagate Technology|Seagate]] and [[Amgen]]; Amgen closed its Longmont campus in 2015. In April 2009, the [[GE Energy]] Company relocated its control solutions business to the area.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

The [[downtown]] along Main Street, once nearly dead during the 1980s, has seen a vibrant revival in the 1990s and into the 21st century. During the mid-1990s, the southern edge of Longmont became the location of the first [[New Urbanism|New Urbanist]] project in Colorado, called [[Prospect New Town]], designed by the [[architect]]s [[Andrés Duany]] and [[Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk]].

Longmont was the site of Colorado's first library, founded in 1871 by [[Elizabeth Rowell Thompson]], though it lasted up to a year before its collection of 300 books was lost. Following this, Longmont also was the site of one of Carnegie's libraries with the single-story structure being opened in 1913. It remained open until August 7, 1972, when, due to overcrowding with approximately 22,000 books within the space, it was closed just a week before the new library that had been constructed next door was opened.<ref>{{cite web |title=Longmont Carnegie Library |url=https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/longmont-carnegie-library |website=Colorado Encyclopedia |date=July 5, 2017 |publisher=Encyclopedia Staff |access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2013, the Longmont City Council voted to finance and build out its own municipal gigabit data [[fiber-optic]] network, known as NextLight, to every house and business over a three-year period starting in late 2013.

==Geography==
Longmont is located in northeastern Boulder County and extends eastward into western Weld County. [[U.S. Highway 287 (Colorado)|U.S. Highway 287]] (Main Street) runs through the center of the city, leading north {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Loveland, Colorado|Loveland]] and south {{convert|34|mi}} to downtown Denver. [[State Highway 119 (Colorado)|State Highway 119]] passes through the city south of downtown and leads southwest {{convert|15|mi}} to Boulder and east {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Interstate 25 in Colorado|Interstate 25]].

The elevation at City Hall is {{convert|4978|ft}} above [[sea level]]. [[St. Vrain Creek]], a tributary of the [[South Platte River]], flows through the city just south of the city center.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Longmont has a total area of {{convert|71.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|67.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 5.30%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0845970| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181427/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0845970| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Longmont city, Colorado| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref>

==Climate==

According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Longmont has a cold [[semi-arid]] climate, abbreviated ''Bsk'' on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Longmont was {{convert|106|°F}} on July 7, 1973, and June 27, 1994, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-38|°F}} on January 16, 1930.<ref name=NOWData />

{{Weather box
|location = Longmont, Colorado, 1991&ndash;2020 normals, extremes 1893&ndash;present
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Yes
|Jan record high F = 75
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 106
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 101
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 83
|Dec record high F = 78

|Jan avg record high F = 63.4
|Feb avg record high F = 67.0
|Mar avg record high F = 74.8
|Apr avg record high F = 81.8
|May avg record high F = 89.2
|Jun avg record high F = 97.2
|Jul avg record high F = 100.6
|Aug avg record high F = 97.8
|Sep avg record high F = 94.0
|Oct avg record high F = 84.2
|Nov avg record high F = 72.2
|Dec avg record high F = 64.3
|year avg record high F = 101.4

|Jan high F = 44.5
|Feb high F = 46.8
|Mar high F = 56.8
|Apr high F = 63.2
|May high F = 72.7
|Jun high F = 83.9
|Jul high F = 90.8
|Aug high F = 87.8
|Sep high F = 80.3
|Oct high F = 66.2
|Nov high F = 53.5
|Dec high F = 44.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 29.4
|Feb mean F = 32.0
|Mar mean F = 41.5
|Apr mean F = 47.8
|May mean F = 57.1
|Jun mean F = 67.2
|Jul mean F = 73.1
|Aug mean F = 70.8
|Sep mean F = 63.0
|Oct mean F = 49.5
|Nov mean F = 38.5
|Dec mean F = 29.6
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 14.4
|Feb low F = 17.1
|Mar low F = 26.1
|Apr low F = 32.3
|May low F = 41.4
|Jun low F = 50.5
|Jul low F = 55.4
|Aug low F = 53.7
|Sep low F = 45.8
|Oct low F = 32.9
|Nov low F = 23.5
|Dec low F = 14.5
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -8.7
|Feb avg record low F = -3.5
|Mar avg record low F = 6.2
|Apr avg record low F = 17.0
|May avg record low F = 30.3
|Jun avg record low F = 40.5
|Jul avg record low F = 48.3
|Aug avg record low F = 46.3
|Sep avg record low F = 30.1
|Oct avg record low F = 18.6
|Nov avg record low F = 3.1
|Dec avg record low F = -7.7
|year avg record low F = -15.9

|Jan record low F = -38
|Feb record low F = -36
|Mar record low F = -26
|Apr record low F = -7
|May record low F = 18
|Jun record low F = 29
|Jul record low F = 38
|Aug record low F = 37
|Sep record low F = 18
|Oct record low F = -5
|Nov record low F = -16
|Dec record low F = -32

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.56
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.57
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.17
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.04
|May precipitation inch = 1.97
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.75
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.69
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.95
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.26
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.04
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.75
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.46
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 5.8
|Feb snow inch = 3.8
|Mar snow inch = 5.6
|Apr snow inch = 3.1
|May snow inch = 0.2
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.3
|Oct snow inch = 1.1
|Nov snow inch = 6.1
|Dec snow inch = 6.2
|year snow inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 3.7
|Feb precipitation days = 4.5
|Mar precipitation days = 5.1
|Apr precipitation days = 7.5
|May precipitation days = 10.1
|Jun precipitation days = 8.3
|Jul precipitation days = 6.1
|Aug precipitation days = 7.4
|Sep precipitation days = 6.3
|Oct precipitation days = 5.4
|Nov precipitation days = 4.9
|Dec precipitation days = 3.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.0
|Feb snow days = 2.4
|Mar snow days = 2.2
|Apr snow days = 1.5
|May snow days = 0.3
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.2
|Oct snow days = 0.4
|Nov snow days = 2.2
|Dec snow days = 2.2

|source 1 = National Weather Service (mean maxima and minima 1971&ndash;2000)<ref name=NOWData>
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|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=bou
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data
|access-date = August 9, 2022
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = NOAA (average snowfall/snowy days 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00055116&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access (1991&ndash;2020)
}}
</ref><ref>
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access (1981&ndash;2010)
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 773
| 1890 = 1543
| 1900 = 2201
| 1910 = 4256
| 1920 = 5848
| 1930 = 6029
| 1940 = 7406
| 1950 = 8099
| 1960 = 11489
| 1970 = 23209
| 1980 = 42942
| 1990 = 51555
| 2000 = 71093
| 2010 = 86270
| 2020 = 98885
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 98630
| 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]]
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Longmont, Colorado – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Longmont city, Colorado |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0845970&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Longmont city, Colorado |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0845970&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Longmont city, Colorado|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0845970&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|54,599
|59,772
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64,916
|76.80%
|69.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.65%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|363
|661
|style='background: #ffffe6; |900
|0.51%
|0.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.91%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|408
|413
|style='background: #ffffe6; |447
|0.57%
|0.48%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,236
|2,696
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,490
|1.74%
|3.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.52%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|31
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65
|0.04%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|76
|108
|style='background: #ffffe6; |514
|0.11%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |.52%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|822
|1,389
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,096
|1.16%
|1.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.14%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|13,558
|21,191
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,457
|19.07%
|24.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.73%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''71,093'''
|'''86,270'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''98,885'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |title=United States Census Bureau |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Longmont_city,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0845970 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 25, 2025 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2020, there were 98,885 people living in the city (2023 estimate: 98,630). The [[population density]] was {{convert|3,436|pd/sqmi}}. There were 41,680 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was:
* 65.65% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
* 0.91% African American
* 0.45% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
* 3.52% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
* 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
* .52% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]
* 4.14% from two or more races.
* [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 24.73% of the population.

There were 42,201 households, of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 44.1% were married couples living together, 27.7% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 18.6% had a male householder with no spouse present. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23% under the age of 20, 6.2% from 20 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years.

The median income for a household in the city was $82,984, and the median income for a family was $102,651. Male householders had a median income of $67,311 versus $46,467 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $46,830. About 11.1% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.

In 2011 Longmont was rated the second safest city in Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timescall.com/ci_19618937?source%253Dmost_viewed.20F88DA3D7D369F5BB70F372987EAE1F.html|title = Crime rankings publication calls Longmont Colorado's second safest city|date = December 25, 2011}}</ref>

==Education==
Longmont is home to the Boulder County Campus of [[Front Range Community College]], the [[St. Vrain Valley School District]], and to a number of private schools. Longmont is also home to the [[Master Instructor Continuing Education Program (MICEP)]] a voluntary accreditation program for aviation educators.

There is also a municipal public library. {{As of|2019}} there was deliberation over whether to establish a library district and to have the library publish news. That year the library's director stated, in the words of Corey Hutchins of the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'', "lacks resources and hasn’t kept up with the city’s growth".<ref>{{cite web|author=Hutchins, Corey|url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/longmont-information-district-library.php|title=Should a Colorado library publish local news?|work=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 12, 2019}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Longmont Fire Department.jpg|upright|thumb|The Longmont Fire Department Station 1 is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.]]
[[File:Longmont, CO, Public Library IMG 5220.JPG|thumb|Longmont [[Public library|Public Library]]]]
[[File:Mountain lake west of Longmont, CO IMG 5237.JPG|thumb|Reservoir west of Longmont]]
[[File:Longmont, CO, Performing Arts Center IMG 5233.JPG|thumb|Longmont Performing Arts Center]]
[[File:St. Vrain Historical Society, Longmont, CO IMG 5224.JPG|thumb|Former St. Stephen's Church (1881) now houses the St. Vrain Historical Society in Longmont.]]
Longmont has bus service to Denver and Boulder as part of the [[Regional Transportation District|RTD]] transit district. Longmont is connected to [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]], [[Loveland, Colorado|Loveland]], and [[Berthoud, Colorado|Berthoud]] via a [http://www.flexnoco.com FLEX] regional bus service.

{{As of|2024}}, the [[FasTracks]] project plans to extend RTD's commuter rail [[B Line (RTD)|B Line]] to Longmont, which could be completed in the early 2040s.{{Update after|2040}}

In 2012, Longmont was recognized by the [[League of American Bicyclists]] as a silver-level [[bicycle-friendly]] community. Longmont is one of 38 communities in the United States to be recognized with this distinction. It is the only city in Colorado placed at the silver level that is not a major tourist center or a [[university]] city.<ref>{{cite web| last=Wegrzyn| first=Magdalena| title=Longmont More Bike-Friendly Than Ever| url=http://www.timescall.com/news/longmont-local-news/ci_20623193/longmont-more-bike-friendly-than-ever| work=Longmont Times Call Newspaper| date=May 14, 2012| access-date=May 15, 2012}}</ref>

[[Vance Brand Airport]] is a public-use airport owned by the city. It currently has no scheduled passenger flights, but it is popular for general aviation.<ref>{{cite web| title=Vance Brand Municipal Airport| url=https://www.visitlongmont.org/listing/vance-brand-municipal-airport/14333/| access-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>

==Media==
{{main|Media in Longmont, Colorado}}

The ''Longmont Leader'' (formerly the ''Longmont Observer'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Longmont Leader |url=https://www.longmontleader.com/local-news/welcome-to-the-longmont-leader-2375966 |website=Longmont Leader |date=May 25, 2020 |access-date=June 28, 2020}}</ref> is the local daily newspaper.

The ''[[Longmont Times-Call]]'', while bearing the city's name, is published from Boulder and is operated by Alden Global Capital of New York City.<ref>{{cite web | title = Longmont Daily Times-Call | date = February 10, 2017 | publisher = Longmont Times-Call | url = http://www.timescall.com/ci_30787278/longmont-times-calls-staff-move-boulder-office  | access-date = September 9, 2018}}</ref>

Longmont's [[radio station]]s include [[KRCN]], [[KGUD]], and [[KKFN]]. Sports radio is broadcast on [[KKSE-FM]] from a tower about {{convert|10|mi|0}} southeast of Longmont. Also located nearby is [[KDFD]], a [[Fox News Radio]] affiliate with a [[conservative talk]] format. The KDFD (760 AM) transmitter site is about {{convert|15|mi}} east of Boulder.

[[NPR]] programming can be heard on [[Colorado Public Radio]] stations [[KCFR]] from Denver, and [[KCFC]] (AM) in Boulder. The NPR affiliate [[KUNC]] from the Fort Collins-[[Greeley, Colorado|Greeley]] market can also be heard in Longmont.

Longmont is also served by [[Pacifica Radio]] affiliate [[KGNU]], a non-commercial [[community radio]] station from Boulder.

==Economy==
[[File:5th and Main.jpg|alt=|thumb|Downtown Longmont is home to many local businesses.]]
[[File:Longmont Art.jpg|thumb|upright|Parker McDonald's "Ursa Major" is part of the City of Longmont's Art in Public Places program.]]

According to the city's 2020 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/34143/637623873413470000|title=City of Longmont 2020 ACFR}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[St. Vrain Valley Schools]]
|3,543
|-
|2
|City of Longmont
|1,625
|-
|3
|[[Seagate Technology]]
|1,430
|-
|4
|[[Intrado]]
|755
|-
|5
|Longmont United Hospital
|671
|-
|6
|[[UCHealth|UC Health]] Longs Peak Hospital
|540
|-
|7
|[[McLane Company|McLane Western]]
|460
|-
|8
|[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
|422
|-
|9
|Circle Graphics
|400
|-
|10
|[[Novartis Gene Therapies|AveXis]]
|354
|}

In addition, Longmont supports a thriving craft brewing industry as well as many recreational and travel-related businesses. Local breweries include two of the nation's largest craft brewers,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-releases-top-50-breweries-of-2016/|title=Top 50 Breweries of 2016|date=March 15, 2017|work=Brewers Association|access-date=August 7, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Left Hand Brewing Company|Left Hand]] and [[Oskar Blues Brewery|Oskar Blues]], as well as many others. To service the transportation needs of brewery patrons, the local Brew Hop Trolley offers a hop-on-hop-off brewery tour for a fixed price. Longmont is known for its 'maker' community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitlongmont.org/local-makers/|title=Local Makers|website=Visit Longmont, Colorado|language=en-US|access-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> Longmont also features a Saturday Farmers Market.

Due to its proximity to [[Rocky Mountain National Park]], Longmont is home to many hotels, restaurants, and other businesses that cater in part to the tourists visiting the park each year. One recreational business that calls Longmont home is Mile Hi Skydiving, which is one of the largest skydiving facilities in the state of Colorado. Longmont is also home to Saul, the World's Largest Sticker Ball at StickerGiant,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_29381769/longmont-favorite-son-saul-sticker-ball-breaks-guinness.html|title=Longmont favorite son Saul the sticker ball sets Guinness World Record|access-date=August 21, 2017}}</ref> a custom sticker and label printing company on the city's east side. Other businesses support skiing and other snowsports, bicycling, and rock climbing.

Longmont's median household income was $89,720 per year in 2022. The largest industries in Longmont as of 2022 are manufacturing (7,188 people); professional, scientific, and technical services (6,533 people); and retail trade (6,066 people).<ref>{{cite web |title=Longmont, CO |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/longmont-co/ |website=Data USA |publisher=Datawheel |access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref>

==Government==
Longmont is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality|home rule municipality]]. Its current [[Municipal charter|city charter]] was adopted in 1961, and has been amended numerous times since.<ref>{{Cite web 
|title=History of Longmont
|url=https://longmontcolorado.gov/museum/historic-collections/history-of-longmont/#:~:text=1961%20%E2%80%93%20City%20Charter%20adopted%20and,control%20center%20in%20northwest%20Longmont.
|website=City of Longmont
|access-date=November 1, 2024
}}</ref><ref name="Longmont City Charter">{{Cite web
|title=Longmont City Charter
|url=https://library.municode.com/co/longmont/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH
|website=Municode
|access-date=November 1, 2024
}}</ref> Longmont is governed by a seven-member City Council, which consists of the directly-elected mayor of Longmont and six additional councilmembers.<ref name="Mayor & City Council Members">{{Cite web
|title=Mayor & City Council Members
|url=https://longmontcolorado.gov/government/mayor-city-council-members/
|website=City of Longmont
|access-date=November 1, 2024
}}</ref> Of the six councilmembers, three are elected from one of three [[Ward (United States)|wards]], and three are elected from the city [[at-large]].<ref>{{Cite web
|title=Find My Council Member
|url=https://longmontcolorado.gov/city-clerk/election-information/find-my-council-member/
|website=City of Longmont
|access-date=November 1, 2024
}}</ref> The mayor is elected for a term of two years, and each councilmember is elected for a term of four years.<ref name="Mayor & City Council Members" /> Regular city elections in Longmont are held on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=Election Information
|url=https://longmontcolorado.gov/city-clerk/election-information/
|website=City of Longmont
|access-date=November 2, 2024
}}</ref> The officials elected at each regular city election alternate between (1) the mayor, the councilmembers from Wards One and Three, and one councilmember elected at-large, and (2) the mayor, the councilmember from Ward Two, and two councilmembers elected at large.<ref name="Longmont City Charter" />

Longmont operates under a [[Council-manager government|council-manager]] system of government, with a city manager acting as the city's chief administrative officer.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=City Manager
|url=https://longmontcolorado.gov/city-manager/
|website=City of Longmont
|access-date=November 1, 2024
}}</ref> The city manager is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the City Council.<ref name="Longmont City Charter" />

This is a list of individuals who have served as mayor of Longmont.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/city-council/mayors-of-longmont| title=Mayors of Longmont since 1881| publisher=City of Longmont| access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! Mayor || Term
|-
| L. H. Dickson || 1881–1885
|-
| George T. Dell || 1885–1887
|-
| Charles H. Baker (Colorado politician)|Charles H. Baker || 1887–1888
|-
| John B. Thompson (Longmont, Colorado)|John B. Thompson || 1888–1889
|-
| Ira L. Herron || 1889–1890
|-
| Frank Stickney || 1890–1892
|-
| John A. Buckley (Colorado politician)|John A. Buckley || 1892–1894
|-
| Neil C. Sullivan || 1894–1896
|-
| George W. Coffin || 1896–1897
|-
| Willis A. Warner || 1897–1898
|-
| Frank M. Downer || 1898–1899
|-
| Frank M. Miller || 1899–1901
|-
| John A. Donovan || 1901–1903
|-
| Samuel C. Morgan || 1903–1905
|-
| Charles A. Bradley || 1905–1909
|-
| Frank P. Secor || 1909–1911
|-
| Rae H. Kiteley || 1911–1921
|-
| James F. Hays || 1921–1927
|-
| Fred W. Flanders || 1927–1929
|-
| Earl T. Ludlow || 1929–1931
|-
| Ray Lanyon || 1931–1943
|-
| Fred C. Ferguson || 1943–1947
|-
| George A. Richart || 1947–1949
|-
| Otto F. Vliet || 1949–1957
|-
| Richard C. Troxell || 1957–1959
|-
| Albert Will || 1959–1961
|-
| Ralph R. Price || 1961–1969
|-
| Alexander Zlaten || 1969–1971 [[Pro Tem]]
|-
| Wade Gaddis || 1971–1973 Pro Tem
|-
| Austin P. Stonebreaker || 1973–1974
|-
| Alvin G. Perenyi || 1975–1977
|-
| George F. Chandler || 1977 Pro Tem
|-
| E. George Patterson Jr. || 1977–1979
|-
| Robert J. Askey || 1979–1981
|-
| William G. Swenson || 1981–1985
|-
| Larry Burkhardt || 1985–1987
|-
| Alvin E. Sweney || 1987–1989
|-
| Fred Wilson (Longmont, Colorado)|Fred Wilson || 1989–1993
|-
| Leona Stoecker || 1993–2001
|-
| Julia Pirnack || 2001–2007
|-
| Roger Lange || 2007–2009
|-
| Bryan L. Baum || 2009–2011
|-
|[[Dennis Coombs|Dennis L. Coombs]]|| 2011–2017
|-
| Brian Bagley ||2017–2021
|-
| Joan Peck ||2021–Present<ref name=NewMayor2021/>
|}

===Federal and state representation===

In the [[Colorado House of Representatives]], Longmont is split between the 11th and 19th House districts, which are currently represented by Representatives [[Karen McCormick]] (D) and [[Dan Woog]] (R), respectively.<ref>
{{Cite web
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|title=Assigned District Splits: 2021 Final Approved House Plan
|website=Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions
|access-date=November 5, 2024
}}</ref><ref name="Legislators">
{{Cite web
|url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators?session_id=104236
|title=Legislators
|website=Colorado General Assembly
|access-date=January 21, 2025
}}</ref> In the [[Colorado Senate|Colorado State Senate]], Longmont is a part of the 17th Senate district, which is currently represented by Senator [[Katie Wallace]] (D), who was selected by a vacancy committee to represent the district following the resignation of former Senator [[Sonya Jaquez Lewis]].<ref>
{{Cite web
|url=https://redistricting.colorado.gov/rails/active_storage/disk/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdDVG9JYTJWNVNTSWhabkl3ZURoMGNtaGphV2QwWm5CamEyNWhkWEEyWlhjd2FYTnBOUVk2QmtWVU9oQmthWE53YjNOcGRHbHZia2tpUzJsdWJHbHVaVHNnWm1sc1pXNWhiV1U5SWtOcGRIa2dVM0JzYVhSekxuQmtaaUk3SUdacGJHVnVZVzFsS2oxVlZFWXRPQ2NuUTJsMGVTVXlNRk53YkdsMGN5NXdaR1lHT3daVU9oRmpiMjUwWlc1MFgzUjVjR1ZKSWhSaGNIQnNhV05oZEdsdmJpOXdaR1lHT3daVU9oRnpaWEoyYVdObFgyNWhiV1U2Q214dlkyRnMiLCJleHAiOiIyMDI0LTExLTA1VDE4OjUwOjI3LjMxNloiLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2tleSJ9fQ==--dab586be6680d5a6c16e500bcb85e0c2a6576c22/City%20Splits.pdf
|title=Assigned District Splits: 2021 Final Approved Senate Plan
|website=Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions
|access-date=November 5, 2024
}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite web
|url=https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/18/sonya-jaquez-lewis-resignation/
|title=Democratic Senator Resigns From Colorado Legislature Amid Ethics Investigation, New Allegation of Fabricated Support Letter
|website=The Colorado Sun
|access-date=February 20, 2025
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=2025-03-19 |title=Katie Wallace selected by Democratic vacancy committee to replace Colorado senator who resigned amid controversy |url=https://coloradosun.com/2025/03/18/katie-wallace-sonya-jaquez-lewis-colorado-senate/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> At the federal level, Longmont is a part of [[Colorado's 2nd congressional district]], which is currently represented in the [[United States House of Representatives|United States House of Represenatives]] by Congressman [[Joe Neguse]] (D).<ref>
{{Cite web
|url=https://redistricting.colorado.gov/rails/active_storage/disk/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdDVG9JYTJWNVNTSWhNWEozYkRWNWMyUTRlRFZqYlhSeVpHcHhOakZ4WjNCbWJEVnROZ1k2QmtWVU9oQmthWE53YjNOcGRHbHZia2tpUzJsdWJHbHVaVHNnWm1sc1pXNWhiV1U5SWtOcGRIa2dVM0JzYVhSekxuQmtaaUk3SUdacGJHVnVZVzFsS2oxVlZFWXRPQ2NuUTJsMGVTVXlNRk53YkdsMGN5NXdaR1lHT3daVU9oRmpiMjUwWlc1MFgzUjVjR1ZKSWhSaGNIQnNhV05oZEdsdmJpOXdaR1lHT3daVU9oRnpaWEoyYVdObFgyNWhiV1U2Q214dlkyRnMiLCJleHAiOiIyMDI0LTExLTA1VDE5OjMyOjM0LjEzNVoiLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2tleSJ9fQ==--f0f179b13b6337318375952d7058c5e1ef9dab31/City%20Splits.pdf
|title=Assigned District Splits: 2021 Final Approved Congressional Plan
|website=Colorado Independent Redistricting Commissions
|access-date=November 5, 2024
}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite web
|url=https://www.house.gov/representatives
|title=Directory of Representatives
|website=United States House of Representatives
|access-date=November 5, 2024
}}</ref>

===Fire department===
The Longmont Fire Department was established in its current form in 1908. The history of the department can be traced back to the creation of the ''W. A. Buckingham Hook & Ladder Company'' in 1879.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Longmont Fire Department|url=https://5280fire.com/home/colorado-fire-apparatus-stations/boulder-county/longmont-fire-department/|last=|first=|date=|website=5280fire.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>

{{As of|2020}} the department operates from six stations throughout the city. [[Longmont Fire Department Station 1]] was built in 1907, used by the department until 1971, and listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sculle|first=Keith A.|date=July 1989|title=The National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Preservation Possibilities National Park Service Frederick: A Historic Preservation Commission at Work National Park Service|journal=The Public Historian|volume=11|issue=3|pages=92–94|doi=10.2307/3378617|jstor=3378617|issn=0272-3433}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Longmont, Colorado}}
* [[Valarie Allman]] (b. 1995), discus gold medalist in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|2020 Olympics]] and [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's discus throw|2024 Olympics]]; graduate of Silver Creek High School<ref>{{Cite news |last=Noe |first=Alissa |date=August 2, 2021 |title=Silver Creek grad Valarie Allman wins the gold in women's discus |work=[[Longmont Times-Call]] |url=https://www.timescall.com/2021/08/02/silver-creek-grad-valarie-allman-wins-the-gold-in-womens-discus/ |access-date=November 25, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Greg Biekert]] (b. 1969), [[National Football League|American football]] player and coach; played football for Longmont High School<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.denverpost.com/devlin/ci_4744449| title=Looking back at Colorado's best| date= November 30, 2006| newspaper=[[Denver Post]]| access-date=August 25, 2010}}</ref>
* [[David Bote]] (b. 1993), [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player; Longmont native<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 14, 2018 |title=Longmont's David Bote slamming way into bigger role with Cubs |work=[[Daily camera]] |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2018/08/14/longmonts-david-bote-slamming-way-into-bigger-role-with-cubs/ |access-date=November 25, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Vance D. Brand]] (b. 1931), [[NASA]] astronaut; graduate of Longmont High School<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Vance D. Brand |url=https://www.nasa.gov/people/vance-d-brand/ |access-date=November 25, 2023 |website=[[NASA]] |publisher=}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth A. Fenn]] (b. 1959), [[Pulitzer Prize for History|Pulitzer Prize]]–winning historian; Longmont resident<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuta |first=Sarah |date=April 20, 2015 |title=Elizabeth Fenn, CU-Boulder prof and Longmont resident, wins Pulitzer Prize for history |work=[[Longmont Times-Call]] |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2015/04/20/elizabeth-fenn-cu-boulder-prof-and-longmont-resident-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-history/ |access-date=December 2, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Terry Johnson (entrepreneur)|Terry Johnson]] (b. 1935), engineer and entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2010 |title=Terry Johnson, founder of Longmont's MiniScribe, missing in Canada during solo flight |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/ci_15605559/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820101851/http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_15605559? |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |access-date=June 13, 2024 |publisher=Denver Post}}</ref>
* [[John R. Kelso]] (b. 1831), [[U.S. House of Representatives|congressman]] and author; Longmont resident<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000081| title=KELSO, John Russell| dictionary=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]| access-date=August 25, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Kody Lostroh]] (b. 1985), [[Professional Bull Riders]] World Champion 2009; Longmont native<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 9, 2009 |title=Longmont's Lostroh wins first PBR world title |work=[[Daily Camera]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.dailycamera.com/2009/11/09/longmonts-lostroh-wins-first-pbr-world-title/ |access-date=December 2, 2023}}</ref>
* [[David Pauley]] (b. 1983), MLB pitcher; graduate of Longmont High School<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Pauley Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/david-pauley-456102 |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=December 2023}}
* [[Jack Reynor]] (b. 1992), Irish actor; born in Longmont<ref>{{IMDb name|id=nm2930503|name=Jack Reynor|section=bio}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=IMDB bios are not considered reliable ([[WP:RS/IMDB]]).|date=November 2023}}
* [[Kristen Schaal]] (b. 1978), comedian and actress; raised in Longmont<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 23, 2008 |title=The kooky monster |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-kooky-monster-20080323-ge6vgz.html |access-date=November 25, 2023 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dan Simmons]] (b. 1948), [[Hugo Award]]–winning author; Longmont resident<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dailycamera.com/archivesearch/ci_13073336| title=Myth and madness in the frozen north| last=Evans| first=Clay| date=February 7, 2007| publisher=Boulder Daily Camera| access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Kimiko Soldati]] (b. 1974), diver at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]]; raised in Longmont<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arritt |first=Dan |date=December 27, 2004 |title=Life's Twists Turn for Soldati at 30 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-27-sp-olydiving27-story.html |access-date=December 2, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Fred Stone]] (b. 1873), stage and film actor; lived in Longmont<ref>{{Cite book |last=Collins |first=Dorothy Stone |url=https://www.kshs.org/p/fred-stone-collection/14124 |title=From Sawdust to Stardust: A Story of Fred Stone |oclc=49725781 |access-date=December 2, 2023}} (Dorothy Collins is the daughter of Fred Stone)</ref>
* [[William Oxley Thompson]] (b. 1855), fifth President of The [[Ohio State University]]; founder of the short-lived Longmont Presbyterian College<ref>{{Cite web |title=Longmont Presbyterian College |url=https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-n-z/planning-and-development-services/historic-preservation/designated-landmarks/longmont-presbyterian-college |access-date=December 2, 2023 |website=City of Longmont |language=}}</ref>
* [[Ed Werder]] (b. 1960), [[Dick McCann Award]]–winning sports reporter; attended Longmont High School<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Crum |first=Lindsey |date=November 21, 2017 |title=A Career Worthy of Canton |url=https://www.unco.edu/unc-magazine/features/fall-ed-werder.aspx |magazine=UNC Magazine |publisher=[[University of Northern Colorado]] |access-date=December 2, 2023}}</ref>

==Sister cities==
Longmont has established a [[town twinning|sister city]] relationship with:
* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Chino, Nagano|Chino]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], Japan
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Ciudad Guzmán]], [[Jalisco]], Mexico
* [[Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation|Northern Arapaho Tribe]], Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

==See also==
{{portal|Colorado}}
* [[Chivington Drive]]: the council took the decision to rename the city street following two decades of protests that it honored [[John Chivington|the soldier]] who was responsible for the [[Sand Creek Massacre]] of 1864.
* [[Front Range Urban Corridor]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.longmontcolorado.gov City of Longmont official website]
* [https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/museum/collections/history-of-longmont History of Longmont]
* [http://www.longmontmuseum.org Longmont Museum & Cultural Center]

{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Surrounding communities'''
|Centre    = Longmont
|North     = 
|Northeast = [[Mead, Colorado|Mead]]
|East      = [[Firestone, Colorado|Firestone]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Niwot, Colorado|Niwot]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Longmont, Colorado}}
{{Boulder County, Colorado}}
{{Weld County, Colorado}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Cities in Colorado]]
[[Category:Cities in Weld County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1871]]