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Windsor is a town located in western Weld County, Colorado and eastern Larimer County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 9,896.
It is located on the eastern edge of the county, within two miles of the Cache la Poudre River, on a high ground suitable for a railroad. It is approximately half-way between Fort Collins and Greeley on the BNSF Railway, and somewhat near the midpoint of a triangle formed by those two cities and Loveland. The centralized location of the town has given rise to rapid growth in the last two decades.
Windsor was founded in the late 19th century by German-American immigrant settlers near a stop on the Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railway in eastern Weld County between Fort Collins and Greeley. Throughout most of its history, the town economy was based on agriculture, in particular the cultivation of sugar beets. The Great Western Sugar plant provided the basis of town employment for much of the 20th century until its closure in the late 1960s. A Kodak manufacturing facility built southeast of town in the following years took its place as the mainstay of the town economy.
In the last two decades, Its central location among the population centers of northern Colorado, together with its proximity to Interstate 25, have made it the site of rapid urban growth, pariticularly on the western edge of town, as it grows towards the interchange on I-25. In the 1990s, the town limits were westward into Larimer County. The incorporated town limits west of Interstate 25 are now contiguous with Loveland, and are separated from southeast Fort Collins by the Fossil Creek Open Space, public lands of Larimer County acquired through a county-wide vote-approved sales tax.
The main business district of town is east-west, along Colorado Highway 392 (Main Street). The oldest Main Street buildings are Victorian two-story commercial structures, dating from the late 19th century. The BNSF line runs north of Main Street. The historic early grid of the town extends for roughly ten blocks south of Main, with a vibrant square green, called Main Park southeast of downtown. The park is surrounded by one-story residences, and by the Town Hall (formerly a school), at the north end.
Windsor Lake, a small reservoir in the irrigation system of Weld County, is one block north of the BNSF tracks. The lake is a popular spot for fishing. In the last decade, part of the perimeter of the lake has been rimmed with a bikepath. The current plans for a bicycle trail throughout the Colorado Front Range include a segment that connects to the local paths, and then to Fort Collins and Greeley along the north bank of the Poudre.
The town is served by a local daily newspaper and has one high school. A relatively new park, Chimney Park, sits on the eastern edge of town and includes the historic property of an early 20th century mill. The scenic vista of Longs Peak and other Front Range mountain available from nearly all the town is widely considered one of the catalysts for new residential growth.
The recent 1990s development on the western edge, on the bluff overlooking the Poudre, is of modern subdivision type, and includes a golf course. The residential population of the new development includes day commuters to Fort Collins, Denver, Loveland, and other communities in the area.
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Windsor is located at 40°28'38" North, 104°54'43" West (40.477333, -104.911812).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.7 km² (15.0 mi²). 37.9 km² (14.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.07% water.
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