Westminster, Colorado

Westminster, Colorado
Home rule municipality[1]
City of Westminster[1]
Houses in Westminster with the Front Range in the background.
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Location of the City of Westminster in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado.
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Coordinates: 39°53′01″N 105°03′45″W / 39.88361°N 105.06250°W / 39.88361; -105.06250
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties[2]	Jefferson County Adams County
City[1]	Westminster
Settled	1859
Platted	1885 as DeSpain Junction, later Harris
Incorporated	April 4, 1911, as the Town of Westminster
Government
• Type	Home rule municipality[1]
• Mayor	Nancy McNally
• City Manager	Mark Freitag
Area [3]
• Total	33.898 sq mi (87.796 km2)
• Land	31.585 sq mi (81.806 km2)
• Water	2.313 sq mi (5.990 km2)
Elevation [4]	5,325 ft (1,623 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	116,317
• Rank	8th in Colorado 250th in the United States
• Density	3,683/sq mi (1,422/km2)
• Metro	2,963,821 (19th)
• CSA	3,623,560 (17th)
• Front Range	5,055,344
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP codes[5]	80003, 80005, 80020-80021, 80023, 80030-80031, 80035-80036, 80221, 80234, 80241, 80260
Area code(s)	Both 303 and 720
FIPS code	08-83835
GNIS feature ID	2412237[4]
Website	www.cityofwestminster.us

The City of Westminster is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States.^[1] The city population was 116,317 at the 2020 United States Census with 71,240 residing in Adams County and 45,077 residing in Jefferson County.^[3] Westminster is the eighth most populous city in Colorado. The city is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Westminster Municipal Center is located 9 miles (14 km) north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.