Brighton, Colorado, United States
🇺🇸 The City of Brighton is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. 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.
History The town was named for Brighton Beach, New York. Brighton was founded in the 1870s as a stage/railroad depot and farming community. The town was originally named Hughes Station. The town was incorporated in 1887. Among the notable scholars born there are Richard Ling, founding editor of Mobile Media & Communication, currently the Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, and Max Pfeffer, Senior Associate Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Geography Brighton is a suburb of Denver.
At the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total area of 13,783 acres (55.777 km²) including 185 acres (0.747 km²) of water.
Economy Brighton is the home of two Vestas manufacturing plants, a wind turbine blade factory and a nacelle manufacturing plant. The factories are valued at $290 million and will provide 1,350 employment opportunities: 650 in the blade factory and another 700 in the nacelle manufacturing plant. Groundbreaking for the factories took place on March 25, 2009.
The Prairie Center is a 396-acre (1.60 km²) shopping centre with a pedestrian-oriented retail village, which is anchored by JC Penney, Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Super Target, and many other stores. The Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau began helping small businesses in the Brighton community in 1955, paving the way for the expansion of Brighton retail, and manufacturing. The Brighton Chamber helped to secure Brighton as an Agritourism destination within the Denver Metro area for Farm Fresh Produce and opening the Brighton Visitors Center in May 2020. The Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce is ranked the 14th Best Chamber in the Denver area per the Denver Business Journal.
Brighton, Colorado, United States
Brighton has a population of over 41,250 people. Brighton also forms the centre of the wider Adams County which has a population of over 519,572 people. It is also a part of the larger Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area. Brighton is situated near Denver.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Brighton has links with:
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🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 39.985
🇪🇸 Castellón de la Plana 39.985
🇺🇸 Toms River 39.994
🇺🇸 Mount Holly 39.995
🇺🇸 Merion Station 40.002
🇹🇲 Türkmenbaşy 40.017
🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 39.959
🇺🇸 Broomfield 39.954
🇺🇸 Philadelphia 39.95
🇺🇸 West Chester 39.95
🇺🇸 Upper Darby 39.95
🇺🇸 Commerce City -104.795
🇲🇽 Victoria de Durango -104.661
🇲🇽 Autlán de Navarro -104.367
🇲🇽 Manzanillo -104.3
🇺🇸 Colorado Springs -104.817
🇺🇸 Castle Rock -104.853
🇺🇸 Centennial -104.854
🇲🇽 Compostela -104.9
🇺🇸 Highlands Ranch -104.93
Locations Near: Brighton -104.797,39.9648
🇺🇸 Commerce City -104.795,39.883 d: 9.1
🇺🇸 Thornton -104.981,39.871 d: 18.9
🇺🇸 Broomfield -105.012,39.954 d: 18.4
🇺🇸 Westminster -105.017,39.834 d: 23.8
🇺🇸 Denver -104.985,39.739 d: 29.8
🇺🇸 Aurora -104.798,39.66 d: 33.9
🇺🇸 Arvada -105.076,39.817 d: 28.9
🇺🇸 Lakewood -105.069,39.743 d: 33.9
Antipodal to: Brighton 75.203,-39.965
🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 17276.8
🇲🇺 Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 17258.6
🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 17257.8
🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 17254.9
🇲🇺 Quatre Bornes 57.479,-20.266 d: 17250.9
🇲🇺 St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 17248.6
🇲🇺 Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 17247.6
🇲🇺 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill 57.471,-20.235 d: 17247.6
🇲🇺 Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill 57.467,-20.233 d: 17247.2
🇲🇺 Rivière du Rempart 57.633,-20.05 d: 17239.8