Granby, Colorado Granby, Colorado Granby Town Hall Granby Town Hall Location in Grand County and the state of Colorado Location in Grand County and the state of Colorado State Colorado Granby is a statutory town which is the most crowded municipality in Grand County, Colorado, United States.
Highway 40 in Middle Park about 85 miles (137 km) northwest of Denver and 14 miles (23 km)southwest of Rocky Mountain National Park.
As of the 2010 census the town had a populace of 1,864. The town was established in 1904 along the route of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway, and incorporated one year later.
It was titled after Granby Hillyer, a Denver lawyer who later served as the United States Attorney for that city's district.
Granby sits at 7,935 feet (2,419 m) above sea level in the valley of the Fraser River, 2 miles (3 km) east of its mouth at the Colorado River.
It is positioned in easterly Grand County at 40 5 11 N 105 56 11 W (40.086396, -105.936487), in an region subject to average annual rainfall of 12 1 4 inches and annual snow flurry of more than 128 inches (3,300 mm).
Route 40 passes through the center of town as Agate Avenue, dominant south and east over Berthoud Pass to the Denver area, west 10 miles (16 km) to Hot Sulphur Springs, the Grand County seat.
Route 34 intersects US 40 on the west side of Granby and leads northeast into Rocky Mountain National Park, crossing the mountain peaks as Trail Ridge Road and reaching Estes Park 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Granby.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Granby has a total region of 12.8 square miles (33.1 km2), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,525 citizens , 579 homeholds, and 390 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $46,667, and the median income for a family was $55,250.
About 4.0% of families and 5.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under the age of 18 and 9.0% of those ages 65 and older.
Many Granby and Grand County inhabitants are descended from pioneer pioneer who appeared before the nation was fully surveyed.
On June 4, 2004, Marvin Heemeyer, a small-town auto muffler shop owner, outraged over the outcome of a zoning dispute, went on a rampage through town, driving a modified bulldozer.
Granby-Grand County Airport (IATA: GNB, ICAO: KGNB, FAA LID: GNB), a small airport one mile east of town, serves as a stopover for transient general aviation flights, as well as hosts some small-town aviation activity.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Granby has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps. Climate data for Granby, Colorado Colorado portal State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Colorado counties Grand County, Colorado Middle Park (Colorado basin) a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
"Colorado Municipal Incorporations".
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Granby town, Colorado".
Place names in Colorado: Why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Granby, Colorado Town of Granby official website CDOT map of the Town of Granby Municipalities and communities of Grand County, Colorado, United States State of Colorado
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Towns in Colorado - Towns in Grand County, Colorado - Populated places established in 1904
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