Longmont, Colorado

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The city of Longmont is primarily located in Boulder County. A portion of Longmont extends into Weld County.

Longmont was incorporated November 15, 1885.

The community of Longmont is 1,520 feet [463.3 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Longmont lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Longmont, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Longmont had a population of 71,093 people^<2> (or 26.17% of the total population of Boulder County). The population of Longmont represented 1.65% of the total of Colorado, making it the state's 12th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Longmont had a population of 85,928 people. This is an increase of 20.87% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Longmont.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boulder	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	94,171	0.53% decrease
	Broomfield	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	54,858	43.34% increase
	Fort Lupton	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	7,620	12.27% increase
	Lafayette	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	25,065	8.05% increase
	Louisville	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	19,133	1.04% increase
	Loveland	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	65,587	29.6% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Longmont.

Websites for Longmont

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Longmont. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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