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Geography. Rifle is located in the valley of the Colorado River where Rifle Creek joins from the north. Most of the city is on the north side of the river, but there is some city land to the south. Interstate 70 passes through the city along the south side of the river, with access from Exit 90.
Rifle Map. The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 6,784 at the 2000 census. The town is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Cliffs, which dominate the western skyline of the town.
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Rifle is a home rule municipality in and the most populous community of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. rifleco.org. Wikivoyage. Wikipedia. Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0. Photo: jimmy thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
39° 31.47′ N, 107° 47.217′ W. Marker is in Rifle, Colorado, in Garfield County. Marker can be reached from Lion's Park Circle, 0.6 miles west of State Route 13. Located within the CDOT Rifle Rest Area at Interstate 70, exit 90.
Local lore says a traveler left his rifle up against a tree in the area that is now called Rifle. In order to find it again, he created a map of how to get back to it if he were to get lost. This is how the locals say the town was named. It was founded in 1882 and incorporated on August 18th, 1905.
Rifle is a home rule municipality in and the most populous community of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town.
Rifle, Colorado. Rifle is a city in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 10,437 at the 2020 census. [1] The town was founded in 1882. It is located along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado.
