Burlington, Colorado
| Burlington, Colorado | |
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| Home Rule Municipality | |
Downtown Burlington (2014)
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 Location within Kit Carson County and Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 39°18′16″N 102°16′17″W / 39.304491°N 102.271463°WCoordinates: 39°18′16″N 102°16′17″W / 39.304491°N 102.271463°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Kit Carson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home Rule Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,170 ft (1,271 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,254 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 4,014 |
| • Density | 2,000/sq mi (790/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 80807 |
| Area code | 719 |
| INCITS place code | 0810600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204822 |
| Website | burlingtoncolo.com |
Burlington is a Home Rule Municipality and county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 4,254 as of the 2010 United States Census.
Burlington was originally laid out one mile west of its present location in 1887 by a man named Lowell in anticipation of the arrival of the railroad. In addition to having the location wrong, Lowell also did not have title to the land. When the railroad did arrive, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it built its depot at the present site of Burlington and those who had built in Old Burlington moved their buildings to the new townsite. Trains began running in 1888. "The Settlement", about 12 miles northwest of Burlington, was settled by German immigrants from Russia, many from Hoffnungstal, South Russia, who, in addition to their homesteads, built Congregational and Lutheran churches.
Burlington is located at 39°18′15″N 102°16′7″W / 39.30417°N 102.26861°W (39.304293, -102.268683) on the High Plains in eastern Colorado. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all of it land.
The eastern most interchange in Colorado on Interstate 70 is located at Burlington.
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