Community Snapshot
- Population: 10,602
- Number of Households: 3,435
- Median Household Income: $108,208
- Per Capita Income: $41,146
- Median Home Value: $456,009
- Diversity Index: 46.1
- Median Age: 35.5
- Unemployment Rate: 4%
- Labor Force: 5,222
- HS+ Graduate Rate: 95.5%
- Sales Tax Rate: 3.0%
- Town Mill Levy Rate: 12.635
In 1894, David E. Severance applied for a post office for a community of approximately 50 families to be named Tailholt. However, because Mr. Severance put in for the post office, it was erroneously named Severance and just stayed that way. Mail for Severance was carried to and from Eaton, then later from Windsor, by horse and buggy.
A promotion began in the early 1900s to persuade farmers to raise sugar beets so a sugar factory would be built in neighboring Windsor. The necessary acreage was pledged, and the Windsor factory was built in 1903, becoming the Great Western Sugar Company in 1905. Then Severance became a sugar beet receiving station and dump on the Great Western Railway, operating until 1985.
Severance was founded by Bruce Eaton, the son of Governor Benjamin Eaton, in 1906. By 1920, the town had enough residents to incorporate, with 40 votes for and 0 against.
Severance has had a 25% growth factor at play with an additional 8,000 platted homes.
For Severance pre-searched real estate please select the property search tab.
Source: Weld County 150, City of Greeley Museums staff, Nancy Lourine Lynch.
