Map of Brighton city, Colorado

Brighton is a home rule municipality city located 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. 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.

Brighton city overview:
Name:	Brighton city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Adams County, Weld County
Incorporated:	September 1, 1887
Elevation:	4,984 ft (1,519 m)
Total Area:	21.536 sq mi (55.777 km²)
Land Area:	21.247 sq mi (55.030 km²)
Water Area:	0.288 sq mi (0.747 km²)
Total Population:	40,083
Population Density:	1,887/sq mi (729/km²)
ZIP code:	80601-80603
Area code:	303, 720
FIPS code:	0808675
GNISfeature ID:	0204736
Website:	brightonco.gov

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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.