Auburn, Colorado
Auburn, Colorado | |
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  Auburn Location of Auburn, Colorado.  Auburn Auburn (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 40°22′05″N 104°38′12″W / 40.36806°N 104.63667°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Weld[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | Weld County[2] |
| Elevation | 4,652 ft (1,418 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 180729 |
| GNIS town ID | 180729[1] |
Auburn is an unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado, United States, five miles southeast of Downtown Greeley.[3]
History
[edit]In the 1960s, Auburn was a farming community with no general stores and no post office.[4] Many of the families were first, second, and third generation immigrants with German-Russian, Mexican, and Swedish heritage. Families attended Baptist, Catholic, and Congregational churches in Greeley, Gilcrest, and Platteville.[3]
On December 14, 1961, Union Pacific's "City of Denver" passenger train collided with a school bus, killing twenty children who were on board.[3] Sixteen children and the driver survived. The crash was the deadliest traffic accident in Colorado history.[5]
Education
[edit]The Auburn area is now within Weld County School District Six. As of 2008, residents are zoned to Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology K-3 (formerly East Memorial Elementary, named for the school bus tragedy)[6] Bella Romero 4-8 Elementary School east of Greeley at the site of the former Delta Elementary School,[7] Heath Middle School in Greeley,[8] and Greeley West High School in Greeley.[9]
For many years, Auburn had a school district and a school at the northeast corner of Weld County Roads 47 and 54. A legislative study posted by the mid-1950s recommended reorganizing Colorado's school districts and declared school district reorganization as the state's main priority. Between 1956 and 1961, nearly 700 school districts closed, leaving 275 open. As a consequence, many small schools in Colorado began to close as a result of the district closures. The Auburn School District and the three-room school in Auburn closed, causing children to attend schools in Greeley beginning in 1961.[3][10] During that year children were assigned to Delta Elementary School, Meeker Junior High School, and Greeley High School.[3] The Auburn and Delta schools no longer exist.[11]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Auburn, Colorado
- 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 2.
- ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
- ↑ "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 5.
- ↑ "Welcome / 1961 Bus Accident and East Memorial". greeleyschools.org. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ↑ "District 6 Elementary School Boundaries Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "District 6 Middle School Boundaries Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "District 6 High School Boundaries Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.
- ↑ "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 4.
- ↑ "The Crossing: Six Degrees." Rocky Mountain News. Tuesday January 23, 2007. 15.
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