Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Berthoud, CO

Berthoud is a statutory town in southern Larimer County, Colorado, that also extends into Weld County, although the dataset record lists it under Larimer County alone; the 2020 census counted 10,071 of its residents in Larimer County and 261 in Weld County.

White settlers arrived in the Little Thompson valley in the early 1860s after the Colorado Gold Rush, and Lewis Cross staked the first homestead claim in 1872 where the Colorado Central Railroad planned to cross Little Thompson Creek.

The settlement was first called Little Thompson and was renamed Berthoud in honor of Edward L. Berthoud, the engineer who surveyed the railroad route through the valley.

Berthoud was incorporated on August 28, 1888.

The 2020 United States census counted 10,332 residents in Berthoud, more than double the 5,105 recorded in 2010.

The 2020 census recorded 3,879 households in the town.

Surrounded by farmland north of the Little Thompson River, Berthoud is nicknamed 'The Garden Spot of Colorado.'

The town lies 21 miles south of Fort Collins and 43 miles north of Denver in the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Public schools in Berthoud are run by the Thompson School District, including Berthoud Elementary, Ivy Stockwell Elementary, Turner Middle School and Berthoud High School.

Berthoud's own ZIP code is 80513; the 80534 code sometimes listed for the town belongs to Johnstown.