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Fort Collins is a midsize college city in Larimer County, some 65 miles north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. Home to Colorado State University, Fort Collins is a YOUNG, VIBRANT COMMUNITY whose residents have a median age of 29.3 years. It is Colorado’s 4th most densely inhabited city with a population of more than 164,200. Fort Collins was once a military outpost for the United States Army during the 1860s. It was formed when infantry troops from Kansas and Colorado set up camp in what is now the Old Town downtown area. By 1872, Congress opened Fort Collins to settlers as a response to the request of farmers seeking new land. Today, the presence of the university and its renowned research facilities has attracted notable science and technology enterprises into Fort Collins. The city also has strong manufacturing and service industries.
