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Lafayette is a city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 25,798 in 2005.[1] Boulder County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Geography
Lafayette is located at 39°59′42″N, 105°6′2″W (39.995078, −105.100527)GR1. Image File history File links COMap-doton-Lafayette. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.1 km² (8.9 mi²). 22.9 km² (8.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.67%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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History Lafayette was founded in 1889 by Mary Miller. She and her husband, Lafayette Miller, had moved to the area to homestead sometime earlier. Lafayette was an alcoholic, and after his death from alcohol related complications, Mary, having discovered coal on her property, incorporated her property and her brother's property into a town, which she named for her late husband. Unable to become mayor as a woman, she made her 17 year old son a puppet-mayor, and proceeded to lay out the town as she saw fit. She laid out the wide streets and alleys that still characterize the Old Town neighborhood today, and named the streets after friends, family, and her favorite politicians. Deeply affected by Lafayette's death, she also banned the sale and possession of alcoholic beverages east of Public road; an area that included most of the town at its foundation. The no-alcohol tenet was still in the house title of properties in Old Town east of Public Road into the 1980s.
Lafayette quickly became a part of the coal mining boom that all of eastern Boulder and southwestern Weld counties were experiencing, with the Cannon and Simpson mines being the largest and most productive. Miller continued to be a leader in the community, becoming the first female bank president in Colorado, and possibly the United States. She eventually ran for State Treasurer on the Prohibition ticket and lost. She lost much of her personal fortune by allowing miners credit at her store and bank during a strike, as she sided with their interests. Miller died in 1921 at her daughter-in-law's home at 501 E Cleveland St.
Lafayette continued to thrive as a coal mining town. Many miners struck in the aforementioned strike in the 1910's, which was nationally recognized as a great Wobbly (Industrial Workers of the World; a radical labor group) strike; noted for the Ludlow Massacre of miner's families by the national guard in the Southern Coal Field near Trinidad, CO. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. ...
Trinidad History Museum, housed in the Baca Bloom Mansion (Photo ©2004 Wyvonne Phillips) Trinidad is a city in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. ...
In 1927, Lafayette's coal miners struck again. This time, the mining massacre was closer to home, resulting in the deaths of 5 Lafayette resident miners just northeast of town at the Columbine Mine Massacre on November 27, 1927, in what is now the ghost town of Serene, CO near Erie, CO. The Columbine Mine Massacre occurred in 1927 when striking coal miners in Colorado were attacked with machine guns. ...
Serene, Colorado no longer exists. ...
Erie is a town located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
Strangely, it was another female financier who came to the miners' aid again - Ms. Josephine Roche, the daughter of the anti-labor deceased owner of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company that owned many of the mines in the Lafayette area, used some shares of the company she had inherited from her father and bought a controlling interest in the company, and immediately began the most labor friendly mine operation in the United States. She went on to be a top assistant to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. Back in Lafayette, life became much better for the coal miners with the more Labor-friendly management of the RMFC. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...
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Frances Perkins wearing a veil after the death of president Roosevelt Frances Coralie Perkins (née Fannie Coralie Perkins). ...
Coal mining petered out as in industry by the 1950s, and Lafayette became more or less just another small town on the plains. That began to change in the 1970s, however, as the Boulder, CO and Denver, CO metropolitan areas began to expand rapidly. Lafayette was in place to be an ideal commuter town for those working in Boulder who could not afford the cost of living there, and, before long, it also became a commuter town for Denver and the metro area. Lafayette's growth accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s, finally levelling off in the late 1990s, with little more residential development. Pearl Street Mall in Downtown Boulder Boulder (40n01, 105w16 MST) is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 94,673. ...
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Lafayette barely manages to maintain a greenbelt separating it from Louisville, CO and Boulder to the west, Broomfield, CO to the south and east, and Erie to the north and east. Longmont, CO and Niwot, CO are also located some distance north of Lafayette. Louisville is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
Broomfield is a city that is coextensive with Broomfield County, Colorado6. ...
Longmont is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
Niwot is a census-designated place located in Boulder County, Colorado. ...
Today, Lafayette is a thriving community, with the cultural and commercial center still being found in the revitalized Old Town district, especially along Public Road. The town hosts a variety of unique events each year, including an Oatmeal Festival in cooperation with the Quaker Oats Company , a Peach Festival, a Wine Festival, and a Lafayette Days Festival. The official logo for Quaker Oats. ...
The main public high school in Lafayette is Centaurus High School , with approximately 1000 students. The recently opened Peak-to-Peak Charter school takes students from Kindergarten to High School Graduation. The public middle school is Angevine Middle School, and the Elementaries are Lafayette, Alicia Sanchez, Bernard D. Pat Ryan, and Pioneer Elementary; a bilingual school where English and Spanish are both spoken for half a day. Alexander Dawson School is a K-12 college prep school on the north end of town. Lafayette is part of the Boulder Valley School District. Centaurus High School (CHS) is a secondary school located in Lafayette, Colorado, and part of the Boulder Valley School District. ...
The mayor of Lafayette is Chris Berry, and the Mayor Pro-Tem is David Strungis.
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 23,197 people, 8,844 households, and 5,952 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,012.0/km² (2,620.9/mi²). There were 9,115 housing units at an average density of 397.7/km² (1,029.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 85.53% White, 0.90% African American, 0.73% Native American, 3.32% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 6.82% from other races, and 2.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.42% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget, is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 8,844 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.13. Matrimony redirects here. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 38.3% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $56,376, and the median income for a family was $64,088. Males had a median income of $44,167 versus $31,381 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,780. About 5.2% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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References November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - City of Lafayette (official website)
- Lafayette News (Lafayette's Weekly Newspaper)
- Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 39.995078° -105.100527°
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