Welcome to Rifle ...The city of Rifle is located in Garfield County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Rifle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. The city was incorporated August 18, 1905. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Rifle has a population of 9,811 people<2> (see below for details). Rifle is 5,450 feet [1,661 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Rifle is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Rifle lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Rifle: 970 & 748<4> The ZIP code for Rifle: 81650<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Rifle had an population of 9,811 people. This is an increase of 6.97% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 44.62% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Rifle had a population of 9,172 people (which is 16.36% of the total population of Garfield County). This makes Rifle the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Rifle represents 0.18% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 48th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 9,172 people, the population of Rifle increased 35.2% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 6,784 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Rifle. Websites for Rifle ...Official Website: www.rifleco.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.riflechamber.com/ Communities near Rifle ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rifle.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rifle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rifle. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rifle. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rifle. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rifle. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Rifle. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rifle ...Looking for more information about Rifle? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Rifle, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rifle. Adding Rifle to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rifle in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rifle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rifle. Footnotes ...
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