Brighton, Colorado | |
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Brighton City Hall | |
Motto: "What we value today is what we become tomorrow" | |
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Coordinates: 39°58′18″N 104°47′47″W / 39.97167°N 104.79639°W[2] | |
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State | ![]() |
Counties | Adams County seat[1] Weld County |
Incorporated | September 1, 1887[3] |
Named for | Brighton Beach, New York |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Greg Mills[citation needed] |
Area | |
• Total | 21.536 sq mi (55.777 km2) |
• Land | 21.247 sq mi (55.030 km2) |
• Water | 0.288 sq mi (0.747 km2) |
Elevation | 5,023 ft (1,531 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 40,083 |
• Density | 1,887/sq mi (729/km2) |
• CSA | 3,623,560 (17th) |
• Front Range | 5,055,344 |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 80601-80603[5] |
Area code(s) | 303, 720 |
FIPS code | 08-08675 |
GNIS feature ID | 2409911[2] |
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Website | brightonco.gov |
Brighton is a home rule municipality city located in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States.[1] Brighton is the county seat of Adams County and a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.[6] The city population was 40,083 at the 2020 United States Census with 39,718 residing in Adams County and 365 residing in Weld County.[4]