Granby, Colorado occurs as town located in Middle Park in Grand County, Colorado. A town is along U.S. Highway 40 about 85 miles west of Denver, Colorado, southwest of Rocky Mountain National Park. When of the 2000 census, the town got the number people of 1525.

A town was founded inside 1904 along the route of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway, and incorporated one year later. It wwhen known as fallowing Granby Hillyer, a Denver attorney world health organization late served as the United States Attorney for that city's district.

Geography
Granby is 7935 feet above sea level. These are placed at 40°Five'Eleven" North, 105°56'11" West (Xl.086396, -105.936487), within an vicinity subject to norm annual rain of Dozen¼ inches & annual snow of all over 128 inches.

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the town has the sum vicinity of Tetrad.Sextuplet km² (1.8 mi²), none of which is covered by water.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 1525 people in the town, organized into 579 home & 390 families. A population density is 330.8/km² (856.2/mi²). There are 628 housing units at an typical density of 136.2/km² (352.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the town is 96.26% White, 0.46% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.98% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.44% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Trinity.61% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 579 house away from which 37.3% use youngsters under a age of Eighteen accept the babies, 55.3% come married couples living together, 7.6% have a female homeowner using there is no hubby present, & 32.5% come non-families. Xxi.9% of everthing menage come manufactured higher of souls & Half a dozen.4% use at times person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Ii.59 & a typical personal size is Trey.05.

In a town the people is spread retired by owning Twenty-eight.1% under a age of Xviii, Niner.1% from either 18 to 2 dozen, 33.5% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-two.7% from either 45 to 64, & Sestet.6% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each Hundred females there are 98.Sestet males. For each Hundred females age Xviii & concluded, there are 104.Triplet males.

the median income for a menage in the town is $46,667, & the median income for a personal is $55,250. Males have a median income of $35,455 versus $24,417 for females. A by the-capita income for the town is $21,224. Quint.8% of the people & Little joe.0% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a amount people, Three.9% of victims under a age of 18 & 9.0% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

In the news
In June 4, 2004, Marvin Heemeyer, the local man of affairs & skilled welder, utilized a L-ton Komatsu D335A bulldozer he had custom armor even-armor-clad to damage or kill many buildings in the town, including its town hall, the public library, the bank, a concrete batch plant, and the home owned per town's previous mayor. Heemeyer was reportedly upset all over the zoning dispute which he believed led to the closure of his muffler shop; he targeted buildings owned by those included within his dispute. Surprisingly, nonentity was hurt in the violent disorder. A dozer utilized to carry out a violent disorder has since be called Killdozer. [http://www.killdozer.us/] [http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_2939053,00.html]