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Brighton
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city in and county seat of Adams County, Colorado, United States
Brighton is a city in Adams County, Colorado that serves as the county seat. It is a municipality in the United States located in Colorado.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Counties
- Adams County seat and, Weld County
- Incorporated
- September 1, 1887
- Named after
- Brighton Beach, New York
- Type
- home rule city
- Mayor
- Greg Mills
- Total
- 21.536 sq mi (55.777 km )
- Land
- 21.247 sq mi (55.030 km )
- Water
- 0.288 sq mi (0.747 km )
- Elevation
- 4,987 ft (1,520 m)
- Density
- 1,887/sq mi (729/km )
- Csa
- 3,623,560 ( 17th )
- Front range
- 5,055,344
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Zip code
- 80601-80603
- Area codes
- 303/720/983
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Encyclopedic overview
Brighton is a home rule city located in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. Brighton is the county seat of Adams County and is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The city population was 40,083 at the 2020 United States census with 39,718 residing in Adams County and 365 residing in Weld County.
History
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