Town of Berthoud, Colorado
Nickname: The Garden Spot of Colroado
Location of Berthoud shown within the State of Colorado
Coordinates: 40°18′25″N 105°4′30″W / 40.30694, -105.075
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
Counties	Larimer County[1] Weld County
Incorporated	August 28, 1888[2]
Named for	Edward L. Berthoud
Government
- Type	Statutory Town[1]
- Mayor	Milan Karspeck
- Mayor pro tem	Don Ashcraft
Area
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- Land	4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 0 sq mi (10. 3 km²)
- Water	0. 1 sq mi (0. 2 km²)  2. 22%
Elevation	5,030 ft (1,533 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	4,839
- Density	1,219. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi (470. 6/km²)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP Code	80513[3]
Area code(s)	970
FIPS code	08-06255
GNIS feature ID	0178065
Website: Town of Berthoud

The Town of Berthoud is a Statutory Town located in Larimer County and Weld County, Colorado, United States. The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn UTC−7 can be observed in Mountain Standard Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Zone Canada Daylight saving time ( DST The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-7) during the shortest days of autumn Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks ImageArea_codes_COsvg|right|thumbs|Map of Colorado area codes in blue (with border states poly 67 8 381 26 380 108 356 107 352 131 343 130 340 107 326 102 320 104 301 104 Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout See also State of Colorado The 271 incorporated municipalities of the State of Colorado operate under one of five types of municipal governing Larimer County is the seventh most populous and the ninth most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Weld County is the third most extensive and the ninth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Berthoud is situated north of the Little Thompson River, approximately halfway between the cities of Fort Collins, Colorado and Denver, Colorado along the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Little Thompson River is a Tributary of the Big Thompson River and ultimately the South Platte River in the U The City of Fort Collins, a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache la Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, is the County seat The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States The Front Range Urban Corridor is an oblong region of urban population located along the eastern face of the Southern Rocky Mountains in the U The population of Berthoud was 4,839 at the 2000 census.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Community 4 History 5 Schools & Education 6 News and Media 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 9.1 News and media links

Geography

Berthoud is located at 40°18′25″N, 105°4′30″W (40. 306899, -105. 075136)^[4].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 1 square miles (10. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 5 km²), of which, 4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 0 square miles (10. 3 km²) of it is land and 0. 1 square miles (0. 2 km²) of it (2. 22%) is water.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1890	228		—
1900	305		33. 8%
1910	758		148. 5%
1920	852		12. 4%
1930	811		−4. 8%
1940	811		0%
1950	867		6. 9%
1960	1,014		17%
1970	1,446		42. 6%
1980	2,362		63. 3%
1990	2,990		26. 6%
2000	4,839		61. 8%

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 4,839 people, 1,821 households, and 1,331 families residing in the town. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,219. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7 people per square mile (470. 6/km²). There were 1,883 housing units at an average density of 474. 6/sq mi (183. 1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 93. 18% White, 0. 23% African American, 0. 56% Native American, 0. 60% Asian, 0. 06% Pacific Islander, 3. 86% from other races, and 1. 51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8. 06% of the population.

There were 1,821 households out of which 42. 0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60. 0% were married couples living together, 9. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26. 9% were non-families. 22. 1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 65 and the average family size was 3. 12.

In the town the population was spread out with 29. 4% under the age of 18, 7. 0% from 18 to 24, 33. 7% from 25 to 44, 21. 3% from 45 to 64, and 8. 6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101. 0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96. 7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $52,672, and the median income for a family was $58,491. Males had a median income of $43,676 versus $29,861 for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,037. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 1. 7% of families and 3. 1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 8% of those under age 18 and 9. 4% of those age 65 or over.

Community

Berthoud is a small town surrounded largely by farmland, nicknamed the "Garden Spot of Colorado. " In many parts of town, trees overarch the city streets. There is an annual community parade on "Berthoud Day", which occurs in early June and ends in Berthoud Park, where families gather and enjoy music in a picnic-like atmosphere. Another community event held annually in June is "Berthoud Quilt Day", in which quilters display their works in Fickel Park. Through the summer, the town also plays host to its farmers' market which occurs every Thursday and is sponsored by the town's main street organization. The town also has several parks, including Berthoud Park (which has an outdoor swimming pool, playground and tennis court), Fickel Park (which also has a tennis court), and Roberts Lake Park. Berthoud plays host to a burgeoning arts community that includes the Berthoud Dance Company, the Berthoud Arts and Humanities Alliance and the Wildfire Community Arts Center, which includes the Wildfire Theater Company. The Wildfire Theater Company is a community theater group in Berthoud Colorado.

History

White settlers first came to the present-day Berthoud area in the early 1860s, following the Colorado Gold Rush. The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in Gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Many settlers filed homestead claims, but most bellied up and left the valley to hardier souls who ranched and farmed the arid prairie that straddled the river bottom.

In 1872, a miner-turned-rancher from Central City, Lewis Cross, staked the first homestead claim where the Colorado Central Railroad planned to cross Little Thompson creek. The Colorado Central Railroad was a US Railroad company that operated in Colorado and southeastern Wyoming in the late 19th century When the tracks were laid through the valley in 1877 a depot, section house, and water tank were installed at this strategic site. The tiny settlement known as Little Thompson was renamed Berthoud in honor of Edward L. Berthoud, who had surveyed the rail route through the valley. Captain Edward L Berthoud was a military officer statesman and engineer in the western United States during the late 19th century

Over the next few years the settlement grew to include a handful of homes, a blacksmith shop, a mercantile store, a small grain elevator, and a log cabin that served as school and church for the community.

In the early 1880s, the Colorado Central Railroad recognized that Berthoud's location on the river bottom caused their steam-powered locomotives to labor excessively to ascend the grade out of the valley. At their urging, during the winter of 1883-84, the buildings of the town were loaded on skids and pulled by teams of draft animals to the town's present-day location on the bluff one mile north of the river.

Agriculture in the Berthoud area flourished. Farmers diverted water from the Little and Big Thompson Rivers into a network of reservoirs and ditches that allowed the arid uplands to be irrigated. The Big Thompson River is a Tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 78 miles (123 km long in the U Harvests of alfalfa, sugar beets, wheat, corn, and barley were sold on the open market or used to fatten pens of sheep and cattle. The town grew as merchants and shopkeepers set up businesses to serve farmers and ranchers from the nearby countryside.

In 1886, the Welch Addition doubled the size of the Berthoud as town boundaries extended south beyond present-day Mountain Avenue for the first time. A year later a hose company was hastily formed to protect the town from fire after the Davis & Hartford Mercantile store burned to the ground. In 1888 a town board was elected and within a short time they hired a marshal to keep the peace and light the street lamps. By the early 1900s, Berthoud sported a business district on Third Street and Massachusetts and Mountain Avenues.

In the 1920s Mountain Avenue became part of a paved state highway system that connected the larger towns of northern Colorado.

Schools & Education

Students from the area attend the four public schools which are part of the Thompson School District: two elementary schools (Berthoud Elementary and Ivy Stockwell), a centrally located middle school (Turner Middle School), and a high school (Berthoud High School). The Thompson R2-J School District is located in Loveland Colorado and covers schools in Loveland Berthoud, Masonville, Drake, and the southern There is also a Head Start preschool and several private preschools such as Little "t" Preschool, and the 5th Street College. For the Australian television series see Head Start (TV series Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human

News and Media

The town has two weekly newspapers, The Old Berthoud Recorder and The Berthoud Weekly Surveyor. Daily newspaper coverage is provided by the Loveland Daily Reporter Herald and the Longmont Times Call. It is also where the AKM, self proclaimed "King Of The Front Range" currently resides.

See also

• Colorado municipalities
• Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area
• Fort Collins-Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Front Range Urban Corridor
• Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Larimer County, Colorado
• State of Colorado
• Weld County, Colorado

References

External links

• Town of Berthoud website
  • CDOT map of the Town of Berthoud
• Chamber of Commerce
• Berthoud Main Street Organization
• Town Fire Department
• The Town's Habitat For Humanity Organization
• The Little Thompson Observatory

• Berthoud, Colorado is at coordinates 40°18′25″N 105°04′31″W / 40.306899, -105.075136 (Berthoud, Colorado)Coordinates: 40°18′25″N 105°04′31″W / 40.306899, -105.075136 (Berthoud, Colorado)

News and media links

• The Old Berthoud Recorder
• The Berthoud Weekly Surveyor
• The Loveland Daily Reporter Herald
• The Longmont Times Call

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