Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado | |
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Downtown "Old Town" Fort Collins. | |
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Location of Fort Collins in Larimer County, Colorado | |
Fort Collins Location of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado. Fort Collins Fort Collins (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 40°35′07″N 105°05′04″W / 40.5854°N 105.0844°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Larimer |
| Commissioned | 1864 |
| Incorporated | February 12, 1883 |
| Named after | William O. Collins |
| Government | |
| • Type | home rule city |
| • Mayor | Emily Francis |
| • City manager | Kelly DiMartino |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.473 sq mi (151.444 km2) |
| • Land | 57.212 sq mi (148.179 km2) |
| • Water | 1.261 sq mi (3.265 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,004 ft (1,525 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 169,810 |
• Estimate (2024) | 170,924 |
| • Rank | |
| • Density | 2,968/sq mi (1,146/km2) |
| • Urban | 326,332 (US: 123rd) |
| • Urban density | 2,770/sq mi (1,068/km2) |
| • Metro | 359,066 (US: 151st) |
| • Front Range | 5,055,344 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80521–80528 |
| Area codes | 970/748 |
| GNIS place ID | 204673 |
| GNIS city ID | 2410526 |
| FIPS code | 08-27425 |
| Major highways | |
| Website | www |
Fort Collins is a home rule city in Larimer County, Colorado, United States, and serves as the county seat and most populous municipality of the county. It is the fourth-most populous city in Colorado with a population of 169,810 at the 2020 census, while the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area has an estimated 375,000 residents.
Situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, Fort Collins is located 60 mi (97 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver and is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is a prominent college town, home to Colorado State University, a public research university and the second-largest university by enrollment in Colorado.