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Brighton was founded as a stage/railroad depot and farming community named Hughes. The Hughes, Colorado Territory, post office opened on April 13, 1871, [8] Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876, [9] and the Hughes post office was renamed Brighton on August 4, 1879.
Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 519,572. [2] The county seat is Brighton, and the largest city is Thornton. [3] The county is named for Alva Adams, an early Governor of the State of Colorado in 1887–1889. [1]
The Bromley Farm–Koizuma Hishinuma Farm is a historic farmstead in the vicinity of Brighton, Colorado, United States. Established shortly before 1899, it includes a complex of four buildings and multiple other historic structures.
Guadaloupe County was the first Colorado county to be renamed after only six days in 1861. 8. Las Animas County was the first new Colorado county to be created (in 1866) after the original 17 counties. 9. Greenwood County was the longest lived former Colorado county, existing four years from 1870 to 1874. 10.
State Highway 22 (SH 22), also known as 124th Avenue, is a 2.477-mile (3.986 km) state highway in Brighton, Colorado, United States, that connects Brighton Road with Sable Boulevard. Route description
The Adams County Courthouse in Brighton, Colorado, located at 22 S 4th Ave., was built in 1906, and housed the judicial functions of Adams County until the 1970s when the legislation moved out and the building became the Brighton City Hall.
[a] [5] [6] The City of Black Hawk with a 2020 population of 127 is the least populous Colorado city, while the Town of Castle Rock with a 2020 population of 73,158 is the most populous Colorado town. [1] [5] At the 2020 United States Census, 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) lived in one of the 271 municipalities active at ...
Henderson, formerly known as Henderson Island, is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Henderson has the ZIP Code 80640. [2] Portions of the Henderson area have been annexed by Commerce City, Brighton, and Thornton. A post office called Henderson has been in operation since 1894. [3]