15 Facts About Longmont

City of Longmont is a home rule municipality located in Boulder and Weld counties, Colorado, United States.

Longmont is located northeast of the county seat of Boulder and 33 miles north-northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.

Longmont is the 14th most populous city in the state of Colorado.

Longmont is named after Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H Long that is clearly visible from Longmont, and "mont", from the French word "montagne" for mountain.

Longmont was founded in 1871 by a group of people from Chicago, Illinois.

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Longmont was the site of Colorado's first library, founded in 1871 by Elizabeth Rowell Thompson, though it lasted up to a year before its collection of 300 books was lost.

Longmont is home to the Boulder County Campus of Front Range Community College, the St Vrain Valley School District, and to a number of private schools.

Longmont is home to the Master Instructor Continuing Education Program a voluntary accreditation program for aviation educators.

Longmont is part of the RTD transit district that provides local and regional bus service to Denver and Boulder.

Outside of RTD, Longmont is connected to Fort Collins, Loveland, and Berthoud via a FLEX regional bus service.

In 2012, Longmont was recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a silver-level bicycle-friendly community.

Longmont is one of 38 communities in the United States to be recognized with this distinction.

Longmont is served by Pacifica Radio affiliate KGNU, a non-commercial community radio station from Boulder.

One recreational business that calls Longmont home is Mile Hi Skydiving, which is one of the largest skydiving facilities in the state of Colorado.

Longmont is home to Saul, the World's Largest Sticker Ball at StickerGiant, a custom sticker and label printing company on the city's east side.