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Commerce City, Colorado

City of Commerce City, Colorado
Home Rule Municipality
Nickname(s): Bee Capital of America
Location in Adams County and the state of Colorado
Location in Adams County and the state of Colorado
City of Commerce City, Colorado is located in the US
City of Commerce City, Colorado
City of Commerce City, Colorado
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 39°52′59″N 104°47′44″W / 39.882968°N 104.795452°W / 39.882968; -104.795452Coordinates: 39°52′59″N 104°47′44″W / 39.882968°N 104.795452°W / 39.882968; -104.795452
Country United States
State Colorado
County Adams
Incorporated (town) 1952-12-18, as the Town of Commerce Town
Incorporated (city) 1962 as the City of Commerce City
Government
 • Type Home Rule Municipality
 • Mayor Sean Ford
Area
 • Total 25.8 sq mi (66.9 km2)
 • Land 25.8 sq mi (66.9 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 5,164 ft (1,574 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 45,913
 • Density 1,800/sq mi (690/km2)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP Codes 80022 & 80037 (PO Box)
Area code(s) Both 303 and 720
INCITS place code 0816495
GNIS feature ID 0184666
Highways I-76, I-270, US 6, US 85, SH 2, SH 35, SH 44, SH 224, SH 265
Website www.ci.commerce-city.co.us

The City of Commerce City is a Home Rule Municipality located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Commerce City is a northern suburb of Denver and as of 2013 is the 18th most populous municipality in Colorado. The city population was 45,913 at the 2010 United States Census, a population increase of 118.7% in the ten years since the 2000 census.

Commerce City is a mixed residential and industrial community that is known for an oil refinery with a capacity of 90,000 barrels per day (14,000 m3/d), operated by Suncor.Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a soccer stadium in Commerce City, hosts the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

In 1859, John D. "Colonel Jack" Henderson built a ranch, trading post, and hotel on Henderson Island in the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. Henderson sold meat and provisions to gold seekers on their way up the South Platte River Trail to the gold fields during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Henderson Island was the first permanent settlement in the South Platte River Valley between Fort Saint Vrain in the Nebraska Territory and the Cherry Creek Diggings in the Kansas Territory. Henderson Island is today the site of the Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds.


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