Liggett, Colorado

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

CountryUnited States
Elevation
5,007 ft (1,526 m)
Liggett, Colorado
This photograph looks west along an overgrown rail line at the historic Liggett siding area just east of North 95th Street in unincorporated Boulder County, Colorado, with grassy right-of-way, cattails and pasture to the left, mature cottonwoods in fall color to the right, and the Flatirons and Front Range foothills on the horizon under a clear morning sky.
Disused railroad tracks at the former Liggett siding near North 95th Street in Boulder County, Colorado, looking west toward the Flatirons with autumn cottonwoods.
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyBoulder
Elevation
5,007 ft (1,526 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code720
GNIS feature ID178727[1]

Liggett is an unincorporated community in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.[1] It is to the northwest of Lafayette.

Liggett is mostly rural grassland, with a few buildings. Nearby are two lakes, Boulder Creek, and a former Union Pacific rail line currently owned by the Regional Transportation District. Directly to the west of Liggett is 95th Street, heading south to Lafayette and north to Longmont. A second road, Valmont Road, terminates at 95th Street and heads west to Boulder.

The post office in Boulder serves Liggett addresses.[2]

History

Name

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI