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Severance, Colorado

Town of Severance, Colorado
Town
Motto(s): 
Where the geese fly and the bulls cry
Location of Severance in Weld County, Colorado.
Location of Severance in Weld County, Colorado.
Coordinates: 40°32′7″N 104°51′3″W / 40.53528°N 104.85083°W / 40.53528; -104.85083
Country United States
State Colorado
County[1]Weld County
IncorporatedNovember 20, 1920[2]
Government
 • TypeStatutory Town[1]
 • MayorMatthew Fries
 • Mayor Pro TemporeStephen Gagliardi
Area
[3]
 • Total9.19 sq mi (23.79 km2)
 • Land9.07 sq mi (23.49 km2)
 • Water0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2)
Elevation
[4]
4,888 ft (1,490 m)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total7,683
 • Estimate 
(2022)[6]
10,581
 • Density840/sq mi (320/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[7]
80546 (PO Box)
Area code970
FIPS code08-69150
GNIS feature ID0180531
Websitetownofseverance.org

Severance is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 7,683 at the 2020 census.[5] The town is located on the Colorado Eastern Plains, northwest of Greeley, a crossroads of county roads.

A post office in Severance has been in operation since 1894.[8] The community was named after David Severance, a pioneer settler.[9]

Rocky Mountain oysters, a regional dish, are served at Bruce's Bar, a local landmark.[10]

Severance is also the home of KRKA radio, an Air 1 station with a far-reaching signal which can be heard as far away as Denver.

In October 2023, a shooting and subsequent murder-suicide left two dead.[11]

  1. ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  2. ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  3. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Severance town, Colorado". Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensus2020QuickFacts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
  8. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  9. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). 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. 46.
  10. ^ Pohlen, Jerome (2002). Oddball Colorado: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places. Chicago Review Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-55652-460-8.
  11. ^ "2 dead after barricaded suspect situation in northern Colorado". KUSA.com. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023.

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