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Lafayette
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city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Boulder County
- City
- Lafayette
- Incorporated
- January 6, 1890
- Named after
- Lafayette Miller
- Type
- Home Rule Municipality
- Mayor
- Saul Tapia Vega
- Mayor pro tem
- Tim Barnes
- City administrator
- Kady Doelling
- Total
- 9.41 sq mi (24.38 km )
- Land
- 9.21 sq mi (23.86 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km )
- Elevation
- 5,266 ft (1,605 m)
- Density
- 3,301/sq mi (1,275/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Area codes
- Both 303 and 720
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
- Official name
- Lafayette
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Boulder County
- Population
- 30411
- Area
- 24.88163
- Elevation
- 1588
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Official website
- www.cityoflafayette.com
- Image
- Lafayette, CO.jpg
- Households
- 11696
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- Commons category
- Lafayette, Colorado
- postal code
- 80026
- inception
- 1888-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.5014
- P8168
- Twelve Apostles
- water area
- 0.373581
- per capita income
- 49780
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Encyclopedic overview
The City of Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiˈɛt, ˌlæf-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET) is a home rule municipality located in southeastern Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 30,411 at the 2020 United States census.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lafayette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.