Editing Milliken, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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'''Milliken''' is a [[List of cities and towns in Colorado#Statutory town|statutory town]] in [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The town population was 8,386 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name="Census 2020" />

==History==
The town was named for John D. Milliken, a Judge.

The first community located near the Milliken townsite was initially known as Hillsboro. The community began as a trading post on the Denver, Laramie, and Northwestern Railroad for agricultural goods in the 1860s. By 1908 the town of Milliken had grown up nearby Hillsboro, and in 1910 Hillsboro was annexed by Milliken.

Fires in the 1910s destroyed much of the town, and in 1917 the Denver, Laramie, and Northwestern Railroad was abandoned.

Milliken continued as a primarily farming community through the depression and world wars. In the 1950s two large potato decks were constructed. The late 1960s and early 1970s brought a housing boom.

In 1985 and 1986 the town roads were paved. The town continued to grow, causing the town government to move its facilities, in 1996, into the Milliken Community Complex. Additional facilities were added, including the Milliken Public Work Facility in 2004, and a new police station in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millikenco.gov/history-of-milliken.htm|title=History of Milliken|accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref>

==Geography==
Milliken is located at {{coord|40|19|52|N|104|51|36|W|type:city}} (40.331073, -104.859878).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|5.7|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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| 1920 = 372
| 1930 = 483
| 1940 = 531
| 1950 = 510
| 1960 = 630
| 1970 = 702
| 1980 = 1506
| 1990 = 1605
| 2000 = 2888
| 2010 = 5610
| 2020 = 8386
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 9084
| 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>
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<!--As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,888 people, 866 households, and 717 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|505.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 903 housing units at an average density of {{convert|158.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 73.89% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.31% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.48% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 21.61% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 40.75% of the population.

There were 866 households, out of which 48.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.2% were non-families. 12.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.33 and the average family size was 3.63.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 35.1% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $43,603, and the median income for a family was $47,188. Males had a median income of $33,646 versus $22,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,484. About 9.1% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.-->
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==Education==
Milliken is served by the Weld Re-5J School District. Children in the town attend Milliken Elementary School, Knowledge Quest Academy (KQA), Roosevelt Middle School In nearby Johnstown, Along with the high schoolers they attend Roosevelt High School in nearby [[Johnstown, Colorado|Johnstown]]. And in the 25/26 school year 3rd through 5th graders will attend the former Milliken Middle School renamed Milliken Intermediate School.

==See also==
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*[[Outline of Colorado]]
**[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
*[[State of Colorado]]
**[[Colorado cities and towns]]
***[[Colorado municipalities]]
**[[Colorado counties]]
***[[Weld County, Colorado]]
**[[Colorado metropolitan areas]]
***[[Front Range Urban Corridor]]
***[[North Central Colorado Urban Area]]
***[[Denver–Aurora combined statistical area]]
***[[Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area]]
*[[Dent site]], near Milliken, the first site to provide evidence that men hunted mammoth
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|https://www.millikenco.gov/}}
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/MILLIKEN.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Milliken]
*[https://www.weldre5j.org/ Weld Re 5j school district]
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