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Broomfield, Colorado, USA

Broomfield, Colorado
Broomfield County, Colorado
Consolidated City and County
City and County of Broomfield, Colorado
Broomfield colorado interlocken offices.jpg
Official seal of Broomfield, Colorado
Seal
Location in the State of Colorado
Location in the State of Colorado
Coordinates: 39°57′12″N 105°03′07″W / 39.953302°N 105.052038°W / 39.953302; -105.052038Coordinates: 39°57′12″N 105°03′07″W / 39.953302°N 105.052038°W / 39.953302; -105.052038
Country United States
State Colorado
City and County Broomfield
Incorporated June 6, 1961
Consolidated November 15, 2001
Named for unknown, but most likely broomcorn grown in area
Government
 • Type Consolidated City and County
 • Mayor Randy Ahrens
Area
 • Total 33.55 sq mi (86.89 km2)
 • Land 33.00 sq mi (85.48 km2)
 • Water 0.55 sq mi (1.41 km2)
Elevation 5,420 ft (1,629 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 55,889
 • Estimate (2016) 66,529
 • Density 2,015.85/sq mi (778.31/km2)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes 80020, 80021, 80023,
80038 (PO Box)
Area code 303 and 720
FIPS code 08-09280
GNIS ID 1945881, 204704
Highways I-25, US 36, US 287, NW Parkway, SH 7, SH 121, SH 128
Website www.broomfield.org
Sixteenth most populous Colorado city
Thirteenth most populous Colorado county

Broomfield, officially the City and County of Broomfield is a consolidated city and county in the U.S. state of Colorado. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The population was 55,889 at the 2010 United States Census. Broomfield is the 16th most populous municipality and the 13th most populous county in Colorado.

Broomfield is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The municipality of Broomfield was incorporated in 1961 in the southeastern corner of Boulder County. While it is unsure how it received its name, most researchers guess it's from the broomcorn grown in the area. Over the next three decades, the city grew through annexations, many of which crossed the county line into three adjacent counties: Adams, Jefferson and Weld. In the 1990s, city leaders began to push for the creation of a separate county to avoid the inefficiencies of dealing with four separate court districts, four different county seats, and four separate county sales tax bases. It also had longstanding political differences with Boulder County, which impelled it to separate. Broomfield reasoned that it could provide services more responsively under its own county government, and sought an amendment to the Colorado State Constitution to create a new county. The amendment was passed in 1998, after which a three-year transition period followed. On November 15, 2001, Broomfield County became the 64th, newest, and smallest county of Colorado. It is also the newest county in the United States (if not including county equivalents).


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