Wellington, Colorado Town of Wellington, Colorado Location of Wellington shown inside Colorado Location of Wellington shown inside Colorado State Colorado Website Town of Wellington Wellington is a Statutory Town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all of it land.
Wellington is I-25's northernmost Colorado town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 32.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 38.2% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $47,917, and the median income for a family was $48,214.
Wellington (an employee of the Colorado and Southern Railroad).
He made a point of returning to Wellington on an annual basis for his high school reunions up until 1999 when his physical community worsened decidedly .
In the early 20th century, especially amid the years of prohibition, Wellington doubled as a place to drink and a service town for drivers commuting from Cheyenne to Fort Collins and vice versa.
The town, more or less, sustained a populace of 500 throughout the century which proceeded to build homes, restaurants, churches, and various other elements of small town life.
Colorado State University sent a team to carefully excavate and preserve the bones of the extinct animals; Wellington inhabitants watched attentively.
Although populace remained steady throughout the 20th century, Wellington experienced moderate expansion in the 1990s and 2000s, rendering it a sort of bedroom improve for the town/city of Fort Collins, which lies 10 miles to the South.
The town's welcome signs call Wellington "a great place to grow." Recently, Wellington held a competition to determine Wellington's 'brand'.
Wellington's new brand was determined to be "Colorado's Northern Gateway", signifying that Wellington is the last primary town headed north along I-25 towards Wyoming, and the first headed south towards Fort Collins. Wellington is home to three schools: Rice Elementary, Eyestone Elementary and Wellington Middle School, all part of Poudre School District.
Wellington Middle School has been honored with many nationwide and state awards including: State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Larimer County, Colorado North Central Colorado Urban Area a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs.
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
Town of Wellington website CDOT map of the Town of Wellington Municipalities and communities of Larimer County, Colorado, United States State of Colorado
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Towns in Larimer County, Colorado - Towns in Colorado - 1902 establishments in Colorado
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