town names

Here are how many of Western Colorado's most prominent towns got their names.

Fort Collins. Greeley. Loveland. Windsor. Wellington. It's no secret that Northern Colorado towns have a diverse set of names, but how did they get them?

Did you know Colorado means colored red in Spanish?

These Colorado town names are so weird, that they're cool.

What's in a name? Well, not a whole lot if it's a boring name.But put a little creativity into it and all of a sudden, you have a name bordering on the cool.

I often find myself wondering how do you say that and where did that from? I did some digging and he's a few Western Colorado town names and what they mean.

You know you're guilty of giggling when you see a sign for any of these Colorado towns. We know we have.