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The Town of Deer Trail is a Statutory Town located in eastern Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,068 at the 2020 United States Census, a +95.60% increase since the 2010 United States Census. Deer Trail is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The town is situated along Interstate 70, approximately 55 miles (89 km) east of Denver.

Deer Trail town overview:
Name:	Deer Trail town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Arapahoe County
Incorporated:	February 3, 1920
Elevation:	5,190 ft (1,582 m)
Total Area:	1.180 sq mi (3.055 km²)
Land Area:	1.175 sq mi (3.044 km²)
Water Area:	0.004 sq mi (0.011 km²)
Total Population:	1,068
Population Density:	909/sq mi (351/km²)
ZIP code:	80105
Area code:	Both 303 and 720
FIPS code:	0819630
Website:	townofdeertrail.colorado.gov

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Deer Trail online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Deer Trail was founded when the Kansas Pacific Railway built a station in what is now Deer Trail in 1870. The town was platted by the railway in 1875 and soon became a shipping point for grain, livestock, and eggs. By the late 1920s Deer Trail grew into a town larger than it is today with two banks, five grocery stores, and three hotels. The Great Depression of the 1930s took a major toll on the town’s economy, and a further blow took place in June 1965 when a devastating flood destroyed or severely damaged the businesses along main street. Many of these buildings were never rebuilt. Deer Trail hosted the first rodeo exhibition on July 4, 1869.

In 2013, the town was considering an ordinance that would create drone hunting licenses and offer bounties for unmanned aerial vehicles.