Windsor, Colorado Windsor, Colorado Location in Weld County and Larimer County in the state of Colorado Location in Weld County and Larimer County in the state of Colorado Windsor is positioned in the US Windsor - Windsor Website Town of Windsor The Town of Windsor is a Home Rule Municipality in Larimer and Weld counties in the U.S.
State of Colorado. According to the 2010 Census, the populace of the town was 18,644. Windsor is positioned in the region known as Northern Colorado.
Windsor is situated 59 miles (95 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
A rich wheat farming district, the region around Windsor first drew permanent inhabitants in the early 1870s.
The town was platted in 1882, the same year the Windsor Railroad Depot was built, and incorporated in 1890.
Research in the improved cultivation of sugar beets was taking place at Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins, and the capital to advance manufacturing and manufacture of beet sugar was coming together.
In 1903 a factory for producing sugar from sugar beets was assembled in Windsor.
With large families and a strong work ethic, the German-Russians who settled in Windsor and other sugar beet areas would achieve financial success inside one generation and own the highest producing beet farms.
The Great Western Sugar Company fueled Windsor's economy through the mid-1960s, when the Windsor factory closed.
Plentiful water and territory drew Kodak to Windsor where it opened a manufacturing plant on the heels of the sugar factory's closing.
Kodak's opening spurred economic evolution in the town, and a populace surge as the sugar beet factory closed.
In the last two decades, its central locale among the populace centers of northern Colorado, together with its adjacency to Interstate 25, have made it the site of rapid urban growth, especially on the edge of town, as it grows towards the interchange on I-25.
In the 1990s, the town limits were westward into Larimer County.
The incorporated town limits west of Interstate 25 are now adjoining with Loveland, and are separated from southeast Fort Collins by the Fossil Creek Open Space enhance lands of Larimer County acquired through a county-wide vote-approved revenue tax.
The town's low crime rate, ideal locale and close-by amenities helped it beat out other favorable locations in the state.
The town is bordered on the east by Greeley, on the northeast by Severance, on the northwest by Timnath, on the west by Fort Collins, the southwest by Loveland, and on the south by Johnstown.
The town has a scenic view of Longs Peak and other Front Range mountain available throughout most all the town when looking to the west.
The chief company precinct of town is east-west, along State Highway 392, which also serves as Windsor's Main Street.
The historic early grid of the town extends for roughly six blocks north and south of Main, and less than 10 blocks east and west, with a vibrant square green, called Main Park southeast of downtown.
The park is surrounded by residences, and by the Town Hall (formerly Park School), at the north end.
Windsor Lake, a small reservoir in the irrigation fitness of Weld County, is one block north of the BNSF tracks.
The Poudre Trail bicycle and pedestrian trail along the north bank of the Poudre includes a segment inside the town of Windsor that joins the town with the City of Greeley.
High temperatures are generally around 85 F (29 C) in the summer and 42 F (5 C) in the winter, although there is momentous variation.
Nighttime lows are near 57 F (14 C) in the summer and around 15 F (-9 C) in the winter.
Extratropical cyclones which disrupt the weather for the easterly two-thirds of the US often originate in or near Colorado, which means Windsor does not experience many fully advanced storm systems.
The region where Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming meet receives the most hail of any locale in the United States. Some days in the winter and spring can be warm and extremely dry, with Chinook winds often raising temperatures to near 70 F (21 C) in January and February, and sometimes to near 90 F (32 C) in April.
Windsor's altitude and low year-round humidity means that eveningtime low temperatures are practically never above 68 F (20 C), even in the very hottest part of the summer.
Rapid fluctuation in temperature is also common a sunny 80 F (27 C) October afternoon can easily give way to a 28 F (-2 C) blizzard inside 12 hours.
Climate data for Windsor, Colorado On May 22, 2008 at approximately 11:50 a.m., a tornado devastated the town and many areas of Weld County and Larimer County, killing one camper in his RV, and injuring 14 other citizens in its wake.
The National Weather Service tornado damage assessments conducted on Friday May 23 and Saturday May 24 documented large areas of damage.
On the enhanced Fujita scale there were pockets of EF3 damage especially near the Missile Silo Park Campground west of Greeley and to homes and businesses in easterly Windsor.
Wind estimates in the heavily damaged areas were as high as 130 to 150 mph. While the time of year and locale of the tornado were not unusual, the west to northwest path of the tornado was highly unusual, and the tornado occurred earlier in the day than is typical for the area. The storm was preceded by golf-ball to baseball sized hail and heavy rain, with hail damaging a much larger region than the actual tornado.
Home in Windsor, CO severely damaged by tornado on May 22, 2008.
The tornado caused extensive damage to the Windsor Milling and Elevator Co.
The tornado devastated many of the town's park and recreation facilities, including the cemetery, ball fields, swimming pool, the town's chief park and a new arts and tradition center.
Governor Bill Ritter visited the Windsor region and declared a small-town state of emergency.
The Colorado National Guard was dispatched to assist and protect the town.
The suburbs German-Russian tradition is still evident in the town's churches, celebrations and traditions.
Paper, prints Wednesdays and Fridays, and the Windsor Now, a Northern Colorado Communications Group paper, prints Sundays.
The Windsor Beacon first began printed announcement as the Windsor Ledger in 1898.
The station's first broadcast locale was at the corner of 5th and Main in Windsor.
The Windsor Museum at Boardwalk Park is a multi-building living history display.
The buildings include the Town's initial 1882 Train Depot, a Pioneer School and Teacherage, Beet Shanty, and Pioneer Church.
The town has 25 advanced and undeveloped parks, totaling over 200 acres.
Main Park sits south of the town hall and features roller-hockey rinks, basketball courts, sand volleyball courts, a playground and a several picnic shelters.
Boardwalk park is adjoining to Windsor Lake, and features a barrier-free wheelchair accessible playground, picnic shelters, swim beach, boating, fishing and a lake trail.
Chimney Park, which features athletic fields, baseball diamonds and an outside swimming pool, sits on the easterly edge of town and includes property that was part of the Great Western Sugar factory.
Eastman Park, adjoining to the Cache la Poudre River, features a skate park, picnic shelters, athletic fields, trails, playground, and off-leash dog park.
The Windsor Community Recreation Center, adjoining to the police station and high school, offers classes, affairs, athletic leagues, senior recreation, and adaptive recreation for citizens with disabilities of all ages.
The Windsor Community Playhouse, established in 1981, produces a several theatrical productions each year.
The Town sponsors a summer Concert in the Park series each summer, featuring small-town bands on Thursday evenings at the lakeside Boardwalk Park.
Each August the Windsor Fine Arts Festival has a juried art show and features artists from athwart the nation.
The town is served by three school districts, Windsor-Severance School District, Thompson Valley School District, and Poudre School District.
Thompson Valley and Poudre serve students in the Larimer County portions of the town.
The Windsor-Severance school precinct has five elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, one K-12 charter school, and an 18-21 transition program for students with disabilities.
Windsor Middle School 1976 (as WMS only) 6-8 Wizards Windsor High School 1976 9-12 Wizards State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"American Fact - Finder for Windsor Colorado Population".
"Profile for Windsor, Colorado".
Study: Northern Colorado has the state's top living spot Adrian D.
"Weld County Tornado of May 22, 2008 rated as an EF3".
"Town of Windsor Final Tornado Report".
Municipalities and communities of Larimer County, Colorado, United States Municipalities and communities of Weld County, Colorado, United States
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