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Weld County
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county in Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- Founded
- November 3, 1861
- Named after
- Lewis Ledyard Weld
- Seat
- Greeley
- Largest city
- Greeley
- Total
- 4,017 sq mi (10,400 km )
- Land
- 3,987 sq mi (10,330 km )
- Water
- 30 sq mi (78 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 378,426
- Density
- 82.51/sq mi (31.86/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 4th , 8th
- Website
- www .weld .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 328,981. The county seat is Greeley. Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area. Weld County is one of the fastest growing counties in Colorado.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Weld County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.