Rifle
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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.
History