
Arvada, Colorado
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Arvada (/ɑːrˈvædə/) is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado, United States.[1] The city population was 124,402 at the 2020 United States Census, with 121,510 residing in Jefferson County and 2,892 residing in Adams County.[7] Arvada is the seventh most populous city in Colorado. The city is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Olde Town Arvada historic district is 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
City in Colorado, United States
Home rule municipality in Colorado, United States
Arvada, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 39°50′01″N 105°09′01″W[2] | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
Counties | Jefferson County[1] Adams County |
Settled | 1859[3] |
Platted | December 1, 1870[3] |
Incorporated | August 24, 1904[3][4] |
Named for | Hiram Arvada Haskin |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Marc Williams[5](2011- ) |
• City Manager | Mark Deven[6] (2011- ) |
Area | |
• Total | 39.570 sq mi (102.485 km2) |
• Land | 38.910 sq mi (100.776 km2) |
• Water | 0.660 sq mi (1.709 km2) |
Elevation | 5,344 ft (1,662 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 124,402 |
• Rank | 7th in Colorado 229th in the United States |
• Density | 3,197/sq mi (1,234/km2) |
• Metro | 2,963,821 (19th) |
• CSA | 3,623,560 (17th) |
• Front Range | 5,055,344 |
Demonym | Arvadan |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | 80001-80007 and 80403[8] |
Area codes | 303/720/983 |
FIPS code | 08-03455 |
GNIS feature ID | 0204709 |
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Commuter rail | G |
Website | arvada |
Site of the first documented discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountain Region Seventh most populous Colorado city |