La Salle, Colorado
The Town of LaSalle (incorporated in 1910 as the Town of La Salle) is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,359 at the 2020 United States Census.
A post office called La Salle has been in operation since 1886. The community was named by railroad officials after LaSalle Street in Chicago.
Geography
LaSalle is located at 40°21′2″N 104°42′10″W / 40.35056°N 104.70278°W (40.350681, -104.702914).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km), all of it land.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1920 | 460 | — | |
1930 | 564 | 22.6% | |
1940 | 755 | 33.9% | |
1950 | 797 | 5.6% | |
1960 | 1,070 | 34.3% | |
1970 | 1,227 | 14.7% | |
1980 | 1,929 | 57.2% | |
1990 | 1,783 | −7.6% | |
2000 | 1,849 | 3.7% | |
2010 | 1,955 | 5.7% | |
2020 | 2,359 | 20.7% |
See also
References
- ^ "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "La Salle town, Colorado". Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.