Place:Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States

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NameRifle
TypeCity
Coordinates39.537°N 107.783°W
Located inGarfield, Colorado, United States
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Rifle is a home rule municipality in 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. The town was founded in 1882[1] by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1905 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. The community takes its name from the creek.

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