Severance, Colorado

Severance is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 7,683 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the Colorado Eastern Plains, northwest of Greeley, a crossroads of county roads.

A post office in Severance has been in operation since 1894. The community was named after David Severance, a pioneer settler.

Rocky Mountain oysters, a regional dish, are served at Bruce's Bar, a local landmark.

Severance is also the home of KRKA radio, an Air 1 station with a far-reaching signal which can be heard as far away as Denver.

In October 2023, a shooting and subsequent murder-suicide left two dead.

Geography
Severance is located at 40.53521°N, -104.85076°W.





According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.1 sqmi, of which, 2 sqmi of it is land and 0.1 sqmi of it (3.27%) is water.

Education
The following list contains a number of Weld RE-4 public schools located in Severance.


 * Severance High School
 * Severance Middle School
 * Rangeview Elementary

Governance
The town previously had a ban on snowball fights that was repealed in 2018 after 9-year old advocated for the repeal.