Rifle

Also known as Rifle, Colorado

city in Garfield County, Colorado, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Colorado
County: Garfield County
City: Rifle
Incorporated: August 18, 1905
Founded by: Abram Maxfield
Named after: Rifle Creek
Type: Home-rule municipality
Mayor: Clint Hostettler
Total: 7.15 sq mi (18.53 km )
Land: 7.03 sq mi (18.22 km )
Water: 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km )
Elevation: 5,519 ft (1,682 m)
Density: 1,379.8/sq mi (532.75/km )
Time zone: UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
Summer dst: UTC-6 ( MDT )
Fips code: 08-64255
Website: www .rifleco .org

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Rifle
Population: 10437
Area: 14.690863
Elevation: 1630
Official website: www.rifleco.org
Image: Rifle, Colorado.JPG
Households: 3342
Dialing code: 970

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Commons category: Rifle, Colorado
postal code: 81650
inception: 1882-00-00
water as percent of area: 1.1789
P8168: Tasso
water area: 0.17319
per capita income: 26431

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Article

Rifle is a home-rule municipality in, and the most populous community of, Garfield County, Colorado, United States. Its population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle-ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882 by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1905 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. The community takes its name from the creek.

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