The City of Fort Lupton is a Statutory City located in southern

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, United States. The town population was 7,955 at the

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. Fort Lupton is a part of the Greeley, Colorado Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

History

The city was named for Lieutenant

Lancaster Lupton Lancaster Platt Lupton (September 21, 1807 – October 1, 1885) was the son of William Lupton, Jr. (a New York City Lawyer). He attended West Point, graduating with the class of 1829. In 1835, Lieutenant Lupton was a member of Colonel Henry Dod ...

, who built a trading post on Adobe Creek in 1838. The trading post, Fort Lupton, has been reconstructed near the site of the original fort using some of the original adobe bricks at the South Platte Valley Historical Park, which was established by the South Platte Valley Historical Society northwest of the city of Fort Lupton. It is a historical park about early area settlement.

Geography

The city of Fort Lupton is located at (40.0849, -104.8030). At the

, the town had a total area of including of water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,787 people, 2,099 households, and 1,677 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,132 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 70.34%

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, 0.43%

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, 1.36% Native American, 0.83% Asian, 0.03%

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, 22.65% from

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, and 4.38% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 47.38% of the population. There were 2,099 households, out of which 48.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were

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living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.62. In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $40,917, and the median income for a family was $45,348. Males had a median income of $34,368 versus $23,849 for females. The

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for the city was $15,649. About 11.3% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the

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, including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Fort Lupton is part of Weld County Public School District RE-8, which includes Fort Lupton Middle School(18 September 2013)
Weld Re-8 Schools to break ground on Fort Lupton Middle School remodeling
''Fort Lupton Press'' Fort Lupton High School, Butler Elementary, Twombly Elementary, Little Trappers Preschool, and Kenneth Homyak PK-8. As of 2013, Fort Lupton High School had 560 students in grades 9-12.About the School (Fort Lupton High School)
Weld-8 School District, Retrieved 1 October 2013 A controversy arose at the high school in September 2013 when a group of parents sought to remove the novel ''

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'', the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award winner by

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from the school's curriculum.(1 October 2013)
Looking for Alaska Challenged at Fort Lupton High School
fishingboatproceeds, Retrieved 1 October 2013

Notable people

Brian Shaw Brian Keith Shaw (born March 22, 1966) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could play both guard positions, but w ...

, leading American strongman, placed first in the

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

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, and 2016 World's Strongest Man. * John Naka, Japanese-America

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grandmaster, was born in and spent his first eight years there.

References

External links

City of Fort Lupton websiteCDOT map of the City of Fort Lupton
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