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places</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_places-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Other unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-License_plate_code" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#License_plate_code"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>License plate code</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-License_plate_code-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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Available in 53 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-53" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">53 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88)" title="مقاطعة آدامز (كولورادو) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة آدامز (كولورادو)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88" title="آدامز بؤلگه‌سی، کولورادو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آدامز بؤلگه‌سی، کولورادو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_K%C5%ABn_(Colorado)" title="Adams Kūn (Colorado) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Adams Kūn (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0,_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Адамс (акруга, Каларада) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Адамс (акруга, Каларада)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Адамс (окръг, Колорадо) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Адамс (окръг, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Adams County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Colorado)" title="Adams County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Colorado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Adams County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_(Colorado)" title="Adams County (Colorado) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Adams County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Adams County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Adams County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_(Colorado)" title="Adams County (Colorado) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Adams County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamsi_maakond_(Colorado)" title="Adamsi maakond (Colorado) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Adamsi maakond (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%82_(%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF)" title="Κομητεία Άνταμς (Κολοράντο) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Άνταμς (Κολοράντο)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Adams_(Colorado)" title="Condado de Adams (Colorado) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Adams (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Adams_(Koloradio)" title="Kantono Adams (Koloradio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Adams (Koloradio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_konderria_(Colorado)" title="Adams konderria (Colorado) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Adams konderria (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88)" title="شهرستان آدامز (کلرادو) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان آدامز (کلرادو)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_d%27Adams_(Colorado)" title="Comté d'Adams (Colorado) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté d'Adams (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Adams,_Colorado" title="Contae Adams, Colorado – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Adams, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Adams,_Colorado" title="Condado de Adams, Colorado – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condado de Adams, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D8%A4%D9%84%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A4)" title="آدامز ٚ شأرستان (کؤلؤرادؤ) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="آدامز ٚ شأرستان (کؤلؤرادؤ)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EB%8D%A4%EC%8A%A4%EA%B5%B0_(%EC%BD%9C%EB%A1%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%8F%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="애덤스군 (콜로라도주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애덤스군 (콜로라도주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%B8)" title="Ադամս շրջան (Կոլորադո) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ադամս շրջան (Կոլորադո)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8B" title="অ্যডামস কাউন্টি, কলোরাডো – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="অ্যডামস কাউন্টি, কলোরাডো" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Adams_(Colorado)" title="Contea di Adams (Colorado) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Adams (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a 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County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E9%83%A1_(%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%83%89%E5%B7%9E)" title="アダムズ郡 (コロラド州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アダムズ郡 (コロラド州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Адамс (гуо, Колорадо) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Адамс (гуо, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_(Colorado)" title="Adams County (Colorado) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Adams County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_(Colorado)" title="Adams County (Colorado) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Adams County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%85%D8%B2_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%88%D9%88" title="ایڈمز کاؤنٹی، کولوراڈو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ایڈمز کاؤنٹی، کولوراڈو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County_(Colorado)" title="Adams County (Colorado) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Adams County (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Adams_(Kolorado)" title="Hrabstwo Adams (Kolorado) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Adams (Kolorado)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Adams_(Colorado)" title="Condado de Adams (Colorado) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Adams (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Adams,_Colorado" title="Comitatul Adams, Colorado – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Adams, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Адамс (округ, Колорадо) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Адамс (округ, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County" title="Adams County – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Adams County" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Adams County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="fi" data-title="Adamsin piirikunta (Colorado)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Adams County, Colorado" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE)" title="Адамс (округ, Колорадо) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Адамс (округ, Колорадо)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li 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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adams County Government Center in Brighton"><img alt="Adams County Government Center in Brighton" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg/300px-Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg/450px-Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg/600px-Adams_County_Government_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3270" data-file-height="2286" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Adams County Government Center in Brighton</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Colorado_in_United_States.svg/450px-Colorado_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Colorado_in_United_States.svg/600px-Colorado_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Colorado's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Adams_County,_Colorado&params=39.87_N_104.35_W_type:city(519572)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°52′N</span> <span class="longitude">104°21′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.87°N 104.35°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.87; -104.35</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">April 15, 1901</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alva_Adams_(governor)" title="Alva Adams (governor)">Alva Adams</a><sup id="cite_ref-placename_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-placename-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,184 sq mi (3,070 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">1,168 sq mi (3,030 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">16 sq mi (40 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">519,572</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">533,365 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">440/sq mi (170/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">Mountain</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone" title="Mountain Time Zone">MDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 4th congressional district">4th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 6th congressional district">6th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 7th congressional district">7th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Colorado's 8th congressional district">8th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adcogov.org">www<wbr />.adcogov<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Adams County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 519,572.<sup id="cite_ref-2020Census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a>, and the largest city is <a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is named for <a href="/wiki/Alva_Adams_(governor)" title="Alva Adams (governor)">Alva Adams</a>, an early <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor of the State of Colorado</a> in 1887–1889.<sup id="cite_ref-placename_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-placename-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adams County is part of the <a href="/wiki/Denver_metropolitan_area" title="Denver metropolitan area">Denver metropolitan area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 30, 1854, the <a href="/wiki/Kansas%E2%80%93Nebraska_Act" title="Kansas–Nebraska Act">Kansas–Nebraska Act</a> created the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Nebraska">Territory of Nebraska</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Territory of Kansas">Territory of Kansas</a>, divided by the <a href="/wiki/40th_parallel_north" title="40th parallel north">Parallel 40° North</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baseline_Road_(Colorado)" title="Baseline Road (Colorado)">168th Avenue</a> in present-day Adams County). The future Adams County, Colorado, occupied a strip of northern <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Kansas_Territory" title="Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory">Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory</a>, immediately south of the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska Territory</a>. </p><p>In 1859, <a href="/wiki/John_D._Henderson" title="John D. Henderson">John D. "Colonel Jack" Henderson</a> built a ranch, trading post, and hotel on Henderson Island in the <a href="/wiki/South_Platte_River" title="South Platte River">South Platte River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Kansas_Territory" title="Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory">Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory</a>. Jack Henderson was the former editor and proprietor of the <a href="/wiki/Leavenworth,_Kansas" title="Leavenworth, Kansas">Leavenworth</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory" title="Kansas Territory">Kansas Territory</a>) Journal and an outspoken pro-slavery politician who had been accused of vote fraud in eastern Kansas. Henderson sold meat and provisions to gold seekers on their way up the South Platte River Trail to the gold fields during the <a href="/wiki/Pike%27s_Peak_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="Pike's Peak Gold Rush">Pike's Peak Gold Rush</a>. Henderson Island was the first permanent settlement in the South Platte River Valley between <a href="/wiki/Fort_Saint_Vrain" title="Fort Saint Vrain">Fort Saint Vrain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Territory" title="Nebraska Territory">Nebraska Territory</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">Cherry Creek Diggings</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory" title="Kansas Territory">Kansas Territory</a>. Jack Henderson eventually returned to eastern Kansas and fought for the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. Henderson Island is today the site of the Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds. </p><p>The eastern portion of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory" title="Kansas Territory">Kansas Territory</a> was <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_statehood" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by date of statehood">admitted to the Union</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Kansas#History" title="Kansas">State of Kansas</a> on January 29, 1861, and on February 28, 1861, the remaining western portion of the territory was made part of the new <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory" title="Colorado Territory">Colorado Territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-StateGovHistCO_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StateGovHistCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Territory" title="Colorado Territory">Colorado Territory</a> created <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado#History" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a>, on November 1, 1861, and Colorado was <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_statehood" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by date of statehood">admitted to the Union</a> on August 1, 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-StateGovHistCO_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StateGovHistCO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1901, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado General Assembly</a> voted to split <a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado#History" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a> into three parts: a new Adams County, a new <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">consolidated</a> <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">City and County of Denver</a>, and the remainder of the Arapahoe County to be renamed <a href="/wiki/South_Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="South Arapahoe County, Colorado">South Arapahoe County</a>. A ruling by the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Supreme_Court" title="Colorado Supreme Court">Colorado Supreme Court</a>, subsequent legislation, and a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> delayed the creation of Adams County until November 15, 1902. <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Bradley_Orman" title="James Bradley Orman">James Bradley Orman</a> designated <a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a> as the temporary Adams <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County Seat</a>. Adams County originally stretched 160 miles (260 kilometers) from present-day Sheridan Boulevard to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> state border. On May 12, 1903, the eastern 88 miles (142 kilometers) of Adams County was transferred to the new <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Colorado" title="Washington County, Colorado">Washington County</a> and the new <a href="/wiki/Yuma_County,_Colorado" title="Yuma County, Colorado">Yuma County</a>, reducing the length of Adams County to the present 72 miles (116 kilometers). On November 8, 1904, Adams County voters chose <a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a> as the permanent <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a>. </p><p>A 1989 vote transferred 53 square miles (140 square kilometers) of Adams County to the <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">City and County of Denver</a> for the proposed <a href="/wiki/Denver_International_Airport" title="Denver International Airport">Denver International Airport</a>, leaving the densely populated western portion of the county as two oddly-shaped peninsulas. Adams County lost the tip of its northwest corner when the consolidated <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a> was created on November 15, 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 1,184 square miles (3,070 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 1,168 square miles (3,030 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 16 square miles (41 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.4%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Adams County surrounds (and surrendered the land for) most of <a href="/wiki/Denver_International_Airport" title="Denver International Airport">Denver International Airport</a> which are in the <a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">City and County of Denver</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Weld_County,_Colorado" title="Weld County, Colorado">Weld County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Colorado" title="Morgan County, Colorado">Morgan County</a> – northeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Colorado" title="Washington County, Colorado">Washington County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe County</a> – south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado">City & County of Denver</a> – southeast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson County</a> – west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City & County of Broomfield</a> – northwest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-25_(CO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-25_%28CO%29.svg/20px-I-25_%28CO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-25_%28CO%29.svg/30px-I-25_%28CO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/I-25_%28CO%29.svg/40px-I-25_%28CO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_25_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 25 (Colorado)">Interstate 25</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-70_(CO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/I-70_%28CO%29.svg/20px-I-70_%28CO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/I-70_%28CO%29.svg/30px-I-70_%28CO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/I-70_%28CO%29.svg/40px-I-70_%28CO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 70 (Colorado)">Interstate 70</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-76_(CO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/I-76_%28CO%29.svg/20px-I-76_%28CO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/I-76_%28CO%29.svg/30px-I-76_%28CO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/I-76_%28CO%29.svg/40px-I-76_%28CO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_76_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 76 (Colorado)">Interstate 76</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-225_(CO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/I-225_%28CO%29.svg/20px-I-225_%28CO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/I-225_%28CO%29.svg/30px-I-225_%28CO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/I-225_%28CO%29.svg/40px-I-225_%28CO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_225_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 225 (Colorado)">Interstate 225</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:I-270_(CO).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/I-270_%28CO%29.svg/20px-I-270_%28CO%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/I-270_%28CO%29.svg/30px-I-270_%28CO%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/I-270_%28CO%29.svg/40px-I-270_%28CO%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_270_(Colorado)" title="Interstate 270 (Colorado)">Interstate 270</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Business_Spur_70.svg/24px-Business_Spur_70.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Business_Spur_70.svg/36px-Business_Spur_70.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Business_Spur_70.svg/48px-Business_Spur_70.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_70_Business_(Strasburg,_Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 70 Business (Strasburg, Colorado)">I-70 BS</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_6.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/20px-US_6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/30px-US_6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/US_6.svg/40px-US_6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_6_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 6 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 6</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_36.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_36.svg/20px-US_36.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_36.svg/30px-US_36.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_36.svg/40px-US_36.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_36_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 36 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 36</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_40.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/US_40.svg/20px-US_40.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/US_40.svg/30px-US_40.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/US_40.svg/40px-US_40.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_40_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 40 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 40</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_85.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/US_85.svg/20px-US_85.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/US_85.svg/30px-US_85.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/US_85.svg/40px-US_85.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_85_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 85 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 85</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_287.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/US_287.svg/20px-US_287.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/US_287.svg/30px-US_287.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/US_287.svg/40px-US_287.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_287_(Colorado)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 287 (Colorado)">U.S. Highway 287</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Colorado_2.svg/20px-Colorado_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Colorado_2.svg/30px-Colorado_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Colorado_2.svg/40px-Colorado_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_2" title="Colorado State Highway 2">State Highway 2</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_7.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Colorado_7.svg/20px-Colorado_7.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Colorado_7.svg/30px-Colorado_7.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Colorado_7.svg/40px-Colorado_7.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_7" title="Colorado State Highway 7">State Highway 7</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_36.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Colorado_36.svg/20px-Colorado_36.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Colorado_36.svg/30px-Colorado_36.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Colorado_36.svg/40px-Colorado_36.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_36" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado State Highway 36">State Highway 36</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_40.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_area">National protected area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National protected area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Arsenal_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge">Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_park">State park</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: State park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barr_Lake_State_Park" title="Barr Lake State Park">Barr Lake State Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_trail">Historic trail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Historic trail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Platte_Trail" title="South Platte Trail">South Platte Trail</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recreational_trails">Recreational trails</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Recreational trails"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Discovery_Trail" title="American Discovery Trail">American Discovery Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_Dry_Creek_National_Recreation_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Big Dry Creek National Recreation Trail (page does not exist)">Big Dry Creek National Recreation Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highline_Canal_National_Recreation_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="Highline Canal National Recreation Trail">Highline Canal National Recreation Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Platte_River_Greenway_National_Recreation_Trail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Platte River Greenway National Recreation Trail (page does not exist)">Platte River Greenway National Recreation Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Arsenal_National_Recreation_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Recreation Trail">Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Recreation Trail</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>8,892</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>14,430</td><td></td><td>62.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>20,245</td><td></td><td>40.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>22,481</td><td></td><td>11.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>40,234</td><td></td><td>79.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>120,296</td><td></td><td>199.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>185,789</td><td></td><td>54.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>245,944</td><td></td><td>32.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>265,038</td><td></td><td>7.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>363,857</td><td></td><td>37.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>441,603</td><td></td><td>21.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>519,572</td><td></td><td>17.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">533,365</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>2.7%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020Census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the census<sup id="cite_ref-GR8_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 363,857 people, 128,156 households, and 92,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 305 people per square mile (118 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 132,594 housing units at an average density of 111 per square mile (43/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 77.29% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 2.97% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 1.19% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 3.21% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.12% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 11.73% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 3.49% from two or more races. 28.19% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 128,156 households, out of which 37.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.80% were married couples living together, 12.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.10% were non-families. 21.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.50% had someone who was 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.27. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.60% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 34.00% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 7.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.10 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $47,323, and the median income for a family was $52,517. Males had a median income of $36,499 versus $28,053 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,944. About 6.50% of families and 8.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.90% of those under age 18 and 7.30% of those age 65 or over. </p><p>In 2000, the largest denominational groups were Catholics (with 60,429 members) and <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Protestant">Evangelical Protestants</a> (with 25,552 members).<sup id="cite_ref-thearda_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thearda-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest religious bodies were the Catholic Church (with 60,429 adherents) and <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (with 6,808 adherents).<sup id="cite_ref-thearda2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thearda2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adams County has a Board of Commissioners that operate as a collective governing board. There are five members that form the Board of Commissioners with each elected to represent a district or portion of the county.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are other elected officials that oversee an aspect or department of county operations. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Adams County Commissioners<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <th>Commissioner </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>District 1 </td> <td>Eva J. Henry </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>District 2 </td> <td>Charles "Chaz" Tedesco </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>District 3 </td> <td>Emma Pinter </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>District 4 </td> <td>Steve O'Dorisio </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>District 5 </td> <td>Lynn Baca </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Adams County Elected Officials<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Title </th> <th>Official </th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>Assessor </td> <td>Ken Musso </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Clerk and Recorder </td> <td>Josh Zygielbaum </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Coroner </td> <td>Monica Broncucia-Jordan </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sheriff </td> <td>Gene Claps </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr> <tr> <td>Surveyor </td> <td>Bryan Douglass </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td>Treasurer and Public Trustee </td> <td>Alex Villagran </td> <td>Democratic </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Adams County lies within the 17th Judicial District which is represented by District Attorney Brian Mason.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adams County is predominately Democratic, not having voted Republican since <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> in 1984. In 2016, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> won the county without a majority, becoming the first Democrat to do so since her husband <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> in 1992. In the 2020 election, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> easily won the county with a majority of the vote, a percentage similar to Barack Obama in 2012 and 2008 but with a much larger vote count. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright sticky-header-multi" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Adams County, Colorado<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2024 United States presidential election in Colorado">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">103,024 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.12% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">124,056 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.13%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,411 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2020 United States presidential election in Colorado">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">95,657 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.41% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">134,202 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,881 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2016 United States presidential election in Colorado">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">80,082 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.35% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">96,558 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.86%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17,037 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2012 United States presidential election in Colorado">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">70,972 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.12% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">100,649 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.90%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,272 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2008 United States presidential election in Colorado">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">63,976 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.86% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">93,445 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,080 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.92% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2004 United States presidential election in Colorado">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">65,912 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.22% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">69,122 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,643 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="2000 United States presidential election in Colorado">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47,561 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">54,132 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,159 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1996 United States presidential election in Colorado">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36,666 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.92% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48,314 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.28%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,234 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1992 United States presidential election in Colorado">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,856 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45,357 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>44.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26,864 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1988 United States presidential election in Colorado">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43,163 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49,464 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.57%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,467 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1984 United States presidential election in Colorado">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">55,092 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35,285 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.56% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,134 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1980 United States presidential election in Colorado">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42,916 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.50%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,357 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.90% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,702 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1976 United States presidential election in Colorado">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35,392 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.30% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40,551 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.90%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,184 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1972 United States presidential election in Colorado">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40,372 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.79%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24,170 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.39% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,870 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1968 United States presidential election in Colorado">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24,343 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.87% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25,111 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>45.25%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,039 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1964 United States presidential election in Colorado">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">15,652 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.42% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35,498 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.99%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">304 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1960 United States presidential election in Colorado">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18,452 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.36% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21,168 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>53.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">178 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1956 United States presidential election in Colorado">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,778 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.23%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,470 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.89% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">215 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.88% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1952 United States presidential election in Colorado">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,995 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,321 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">71 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1948 United States presidential election in Colorado">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,240 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.83%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,419 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.95% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">132 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1944 United States presidential election in Colorado">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,933 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.43%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,101 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1940 United States presidential election in Colorado">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,767 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.16%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,674 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.18% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">62 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1936 United States presidential election in Colorado">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,124 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">38.33% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,865 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.69%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">162 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1932 United States presidential election in Colorado">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,812 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.69% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,554 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.41%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">299 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1928 United States presidential election in Colorado">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,031 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.10%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,265 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">92 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1924 United States presidential election in Colorado">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,931 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.33%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,209 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.24% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,063 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1920 United States presidential election in Colorado">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,510 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.57%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,633 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.45% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">217 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1916 United States presidential election in Colorado">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,165 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,120 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">149 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1912 United States presidential election in Colorado">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">398 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,312 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>46.48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,113 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">39.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1908 United States presidential election in Colorado">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,301 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.06%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,232 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">119 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Colorado" title="1904 United States presidential election in Colorado">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,115 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,041 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.51% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.60% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Adams_County,_Colorado" title="List of schools in Adams County, Colorado">List of schools in Adams County, Colorado</a></div> <p>The school districts serving Adams County are:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_12_Five_Star_Schools" title="Adams 12 Five Star Schools">Adams 12 Five Star Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams-Arapahoe_School_District_28J" class="mw-redirect" title="Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J">Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County_School_District_14" title="Adams County School District 14">Adams County School District 14</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bennett_School_District_29-J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bennett School District 29-J (page does not exist)">Bennett School District 29-J</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byers_School_District_32J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byers School District 32J (page does not exist)">Byers School District 32J</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deer_Trail_School_District_26J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deer Trail School District 26J (page does not exist)">Deer Trail School District 26J</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mapleton_School_District_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mapleton School District 1 (page does not exist)">Mapleton School District 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_District_27J" class="mw-redirect" title="School District 27J">School District 27J</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Strasburg_School_District_31J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Strasburg School District 31J (page does not exist)">Strasburg School District 31J</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weld_County_School_District_RE-3J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weld County School District RE-3J (page does not exist)">Weld County School District RE-3J</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westminster_Public_School_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westminster Public School District (page does not exist)">Westminster Public School District</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wiggins_School_District_RE-50J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wiggins School District RE-50J (page does not exist)">Wiggins School District RE-50J</a></li></ul> <p>The county is also home to the Westminster campus of <a href="/wiki/Front_Range_Community_College" title="Front Range Community College">Front Range Community College</a>, the largest community college by enrollment in Colorado. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a> (most)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a> (part)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town">Town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bennett,_Colorado" title="Bennett, Colorado">Bennett</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochbuie,_Colorado" title="Lochbuie, Colorado">Lochbuie</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berkley,_Colorado" title="Berkley, Colorado">Berkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby,_Colorado" title="Derby, Colorado">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Washington,_Colorado" title="North Washington, Colorado">North Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_Heights,_Colorado" title="Shaw Heights, Colorado">Shaw Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherrelwood,_Colorado" title="Sherrelwood, Colorado">Sherrelwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strasburg,_Colorado" title="Strasburg, Colorado">Strasburg</a> (mostly in Arapahoe Co.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Creek,_Colorado" title="Todd Creek, Colorado">Todd Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Lakes,_Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Twin Lakes, Adams County, Colorado">Twin Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watkins,_Colorado" title="Watkins, Colorado">Watkins</a> (mostly in Arapahoe Co.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welby,_Colorado" title="Welby, Colorado">Welby</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_communities">Other unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_City,_Colorado" title="Adams City, Colorado">Adams City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barr_Lake,_Colorado" title="Barr Lake, Colorado">Barr Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabin_Creek,_Colorado" title="Cabin Creek, Colorado">Cabin Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comanche,_Colorado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comanche, Colorado (page does not exist)">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dupont,_Colorado" title="Dupont, Colorado">Dupont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastlake,_Colorado" title="Eastlake, Colorado">Eastlake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazeltine,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazeltine, Colorado">Hazeltine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Colorado" title="Henderson, Colorado">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader,_Colorado" title="Leader, Colorado">Leader</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Living_Springs,_Colorado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Living Springs, Colorado (page does not exist)">Living Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manila,_Colorado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manila, Colorado (page does not exist)">Manila</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="License_plate_code">License plate code</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: License plate code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Up until 1999 when Colorado ceased coding license plates by county, Adams County used the following codes on <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Colorado" title="Vehicle registration plates of Colorado">license plates</a> issued to passenger vehicles: TE-UF, GA-GG, SAA-SEW, and SEY-TZZ.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adams_County,_Colorado&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In popular 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080504023009/http://www.co.adams.co.us/index.cfm?d=standard&b=3&c=71&s=245&p=587">History of Adams County, Colorado</a></li></ul></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231506/http://www.co.adams.co.us/index.cfm?d=standard&b=1&c=18&s=92&p=189">Adams County Community Development</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.AdamsCountyEducation.org">Adams County Education Consortium</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.AdamsCountyED.com">Adams County Economic Development</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200409193409/https://www.adamscountyed.com/">Archived</a> April 9, 2020, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span 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title="Shaw Heights, Colorado">Shaw Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherrelwood,_Colorado" title="Sherrelwood, Colorado">Sherrelwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strasburg,_Colorado" title="Strasburg, Colorado">Strasburg</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Creek,_Colorado" title="Todd Creek, Colorado">Todd Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Lakes,_Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Twin Lakes, Adams County, Colorado">Twin Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watkins,_Colorado" title="Watkins, Colorado">Watkins</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welby,_Colorado" title="Welby, Colorado">Welby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_City,_Colorado" title="Adams City, 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href="/w/index.php?title=Manila,_Colorado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manila, Colorado (page does not exist)">Manila</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Colorado_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Colorado (state)"><span>Colorado portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Colorado">Cherry Hills Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado" title="Cortez, Colorado">Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig,_Colorado" title="Craig, Colorado">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek,_Colorado" title="Cripple Creek, Colorado">Cripple Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacono,_Colorado" title="Dacono, Colorado">Dacono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta,_Colorado" title="Delta, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durango,_Colorado" title="Durango, Colorado">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_Colorado" title="Edgewater, Colorado">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Colorado" title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans,_Colorado" title="Evans, Colorado">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Colorado" title="Florence, Colorado">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lupton,_Colorado" title="Fort Lupton, Colorado">Fort Lupton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Morgan,_Colorado" title="Fort Morgan, Colorado">Fort Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain,_Colorado" title="Fountain, Colorado">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruita,_Colorado" title="Fruita, Colorado">Fruita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Colorado" title="Glendale, Colorado">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado" title="Glenwood Springs, Colorado">Glenwood Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeley,_Colorado" title="Greeley, Colorado">Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Village,_Colorado" title="Greenwood Village, Colorado">Greenwood Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado" title="Gunnison, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoke,_Colorado" title="Holyoke, Colorado">Holyoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs,_Colorado" title="Idaho Springs, Colorado">Idaho Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Junta,_Colorado" title="La Junta, Colorado">La Junta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Colorado" title="Lafayette, Colorado">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar,_Colorado" title="Lamar, Colorado">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas,_Colorado" title="Las Animas, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Tree,_Colorado" title="Lone Tree, Colorado">Lone Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado" title="Loveland, Colorado">Loveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitou_Springs,_Colorado" title="Manitou Springs, Colorado">Manitou Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Vista,_Colorado" title="Monte Vista, Colorado">Monte Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado" title="Montrose, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado" title="Ouray, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a 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Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_Colorado" title="Woodland Park, Colorado">Woodland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wray,_Colorado" title="Wray, Colorado">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Colorado" title="Yuma, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa_County,_Colorado" title="Alamosa County, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archuleta_County,_Colorado" title="Archuleta County, Colorado">Archuleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baca_County,_Colorado" title="Baca County, Colorado">Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_County,_Colorado" title="Bent County, Colorado">Bent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaffee_County,_Colorado" title="Chaffee County, Colorado">Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Colorado" title="Cheyenne County, Colorado">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejos_County,_Colorado" title="Conejos County, Colorado">Conejos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costilla_County,_Colorado" title="Costilla County, Colorado">Costilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley_County,_Colorado" title="Crowley County, Colorado">Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_Colorado" title="Custer County, Colorado">Custer</a></li> <li><a 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