Pueblo (Colorado)

Pueblo
Nickname : Home of Heroes
Pueblo Location of Pueblo in Colorado
Basic data
Foundation :	1885
State :	United States
State :	Colorado
County :	Pueblo County
Coordinates :	38 ° 16 ′  N , 104 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 16 ′  N , 104 ° 37 ′  W
Time zone :	Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents :	106,595 (as of 2010)
Population density :	913.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	117.5 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) of which 116.7 km 2  (approx. 45 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	1430 m
Postcodes :	81001-81012
Area code :	+1 719
FIPS :	08-62000
GNIS ID :	0204798
Website :	www.pueblo.us
Pueblo County Courthouse

Pueblo is a city in Pueblo County and the seventh largest in the US state of Colorado with 106,595 inhabitants (as of 2010) and the seat of the county administration. The area of ​​the city is 117.5 km². The city is the seat of Colorado State University - Pueblo .

history

At the end of 1842, 15 to 20 independent Indian traders around James P. Beckwourth built a fort of around 55 × 55 m in what is now the city. It was later expanded to include outbuildings. In 1854 the settlement was attacked by Indians and most of the residents were killed. In 1859, the city, which was sometimes referred to as Independence , experienced a tremendous boom in a very short time during the Colorado gold rush . In the 1970s and 80s , Pueblo became one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States .

sons and daughters of the town

• William Wadsworth Hodkinson (1881–1971), film producer
• John Robert Moore (1890–1973), literary scholar
• Walter Walford Johnson (1904–1987), politician
• Grant Withers (1905–1959), Hollywood actor in westerns
• Gordon L. Allott (1907-1989), US Senator
• Stan Wagner (1908–2002), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
• Frank DeSimone (1909-1967), Mafioso
• David Packard (1912–1996), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
• Connie Sawyer , actually Rosie Cohen (1912-2018), actress
• Frank E. Evans (1923-2010), politician
• Kelo Henderson , actually Paul Henderson, Jr. (1923–2019), actor
• Raymond P. Kogovsek (1941-2017), politician
• Kent Haruf (1943-2014), writer
• Rodney Wallace (1949-2013), American football player
• Chris McNeill (1954-2011), ski jumper
• Kelly Reno (born 1966), former film actor

Town twinning

Pueblo has five twin cities :

• Bergamo , Italy
• Chihuahua , Mexico
• Lucca Sicula , Italy
• Puebla , Mexico
• Weifang , China

traffic

Pueblo is at the intersection of US Highway 50 and I-25 . To the east of the city is the regional Pueblo Memorial Airport .

Climate table

Pueblo, Colorado
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     8.1   7th -10     7.9   10 -7     20th   14th -3     22nd   20th 2     32   25th 8th     32   31 12     53   34 16     51   32 15th     23   27 10     15th   21st 3     11   14th -4     11   8th -9 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Pueblo, Colorado Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 7.4 10.4 14.0 19.9 24.7 30.9 33.9 32.1 27.4 21.4 13.8 8.2 O 20.4 Min. Temperature (° C) −9.9 −6.9 −3.3 2.1 7.6 12.3 16.2 15.0 10.1 2.6 −4.3 −9.2 O 2.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 8.1 7.9 19.8 22.4 31.8 31.8 53.1 50.5 22.9 14.5 10.9 10.7 Σ 284.4 Rainy days ( d ) 2.3 2.2 4.0 3.4 5.0 4.6 6.8 5.9 3.6 2.2 2.2 2.5 Σ 44.7 Source: National Weather Service, US Dept of Commerce

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas D. Bonner (Ed.), The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth , New York, Harper and Brothers, 1856 in Google Book Search, p. 464
2. ↑ Pueblo in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey

Web links

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