Fort Collins (Colorado)
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Fort Collins statistic
| Coordinates | 40°33′33″N 105°4′41″W |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Larimer County |
| Commissioned | 1864 |
| Incorporated | February 12, 1883 |
| Named for | United States ArmyColonelWilliam O. Collins |
| Elevation | 5,003 ft (1,525 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| ZIP Codes | 80521–80528 |
| Area code | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-27425 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204673 |
| Highways | , , , |
| Website | www.fcgov.com |
| Government (Type) | Home rule municipality |
| Government (Mayor) | Jeni Arndt |
| Government (Mayor pro tem) | Emily Francis |
| Government (City Manager) | Kelly DiMartino |
| Government (Total) | 58.473 sq mi (151.444 km2) |
| Government (Land) | 57.212 sq mi (148.179 km2) |
| Government (Water) | 1.261 sq mi (3.265 km2) |
| Area (Total) | 58.473 sq mi (151.444 km2) |
| Area (Land) | 57.212 sq mi (148.179 km2) |
| Area (Water) | 1.261 sq mi (3.265 km2) |
| Population (2020) (Total) | 169,810 |
| Population (2020) (Rank) | 4th in Colorado 156th in the United States |
| Population (2020) (Density) | 2,968/sq mi (1,146/km2) |
| Population (2020) (Metro) | 359,066 (151st) |
| Population (2020) (Front Range) | 5,055,344 |
| Population (2020) (Demonym) | Fort Colonizer |
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Fort Collins is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 169,810 at the 2020 United States Census, an increase of 17.94% since the 2010 United States Census. Fort Collins is the principal city of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. The city is the fourth most populous city in Colorado. Situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, Fort Collins is located 56 mi (90 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Fort Collins is a midsize college town, home to Colorado State University and Front Range Community College's Larimer campus. Northern Arapaho were centered in the Cache la Poudre River Valley near present-day Fort Collins. Friday, who attended school in St. Louis, Missouri in his youth, was a leader of the band of Arapahos as well as an interpreter, negotiator, and peacemaker. He made friends of white settlers who moved into the area, but was pushed out of Colorado in the 1860s.