Brighton, Colorado
| City of Brighton, Colorado | |
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| Home Rule Municipality | |
Brighton City Hall.
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| Motto: "What we value today is what we become tomorrow" | |
 Location in Adams County and the state of Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 39°57′53″N 104°47′48″W / 39.964790°N 104.796581°WCoordinates: 39°57′53″N 104°47′48″W / 39.964790°N 104.796581°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 State of Colorado
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| Counties |
Adams County Seat Weld County |
| Incorporated | September 1, 1887 |
| Named for | Brighton Beach, New York |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home Rule Municipality |
| • Mayor | Dick Mclean |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.2 sq mi (44.3 km2) |
| • Land | 17.1 sq mi (44.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,984 ft (1,519 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 33,352 |
| • Density | 1,900/sq mi (750/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP codes | 80601-80603 |
| Area code(s) | Both 303 and 720 |
| INCITS place code | 0808675 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204736 |
| Highways | I-76, US 6, US 85, SH 2, SH 7, SH 22, E-470 |
| Website | City of Brighton |
The City of Brighton is the Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties that is the county seat of Adams County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 35,719 in 2013.
The town was named for Brighton Beach, New York. Brighton was founded in the 1870s as a stage/railroad depot and farming community. The town was originally named Hughes Station. The town was incorporated in 1887. Among the notable scholars born there are Richard Ling, founding editor of Mobile Media & Communication, currently the Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, and Max Pfeffer, Senior Associate Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Brighton is located at 39°58′27″N 104°48′36″W / 39.97417°N 104.81000°W (39.974184, -104.809926). It is often considered a suburb of Denver.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.1 square miles (44 km2), of which 17.1 square miles (44 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.29%) is water.
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