Auburn, Colorado
Auburn, Colorado | |
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| Coordinates: 40°22′05″N 104°38′12″W / 40.3680°N 104.6366°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Weld |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | Weld County |
| Elevation | 4,652 ft (1,418 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 180729 |
Auburn is an unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado, United States, five miles southeast of Downtown Greeley.
In the 1960s, Auburn was a farming community with no general stores and no post office. Many of the families were first, second, and third generation immigrants with German-Russian, Mexican, and Swedish heritage. Families attended Baptist, Catholic, and Congregational churches in Greeley, Gilcrest, and Platteville.
On December 14, 1961, Union Pacific's "City of Denver" passenger train collided with a school bus, killing twenty children who were on board. Sixteen children and the driver survived. The crash was the deadliest traffic accident in Colorado history.