Lochbuie

The Town of Lochbuie is a statutory town located in Weld and Adams counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town population was 8,088 at the 2020 United States census.

History

The Town of Lochbuie was incorporated in 1974 in both Weld County and Adams County. Along the Weld-Adams County line Gordon McClain owned land next to Interstate 80 South and in 1961 developed a 12-acre mobile home subdivision. It was named Spacious Living, nicknamed Space City. In 1974, to be able to improve their water and sewer systems, residents voted to incorporate, naming their new town Lochbuie. McClain's grandparents' ancestral home was Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. In Scottish-Gaelic the spelling would be Locha Buidhe, meaning Lake of the Fair-haired Clan.

Geography

Lochbuie is located at 40°0′36″N 104°42′29″W at an elevation of 5020 ft. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square mile, of which, 1.3 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it is water.

Comment

Lochbuie is an interesting community to drive around, as the vast majority of the housing units are manufactured homes.