Belt Junction

Belt Junction is a locality in Adams, Colorado. Belt Junction is situated nearby to the locality Sand Creek Junction, as well as near the town Commerce City.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riverside Cemetery and Cherokee Generating Station.

Riverside Cemetery

Cemetery

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Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans.

Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in North Washington, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St.

48th & Brighton/National Western Center station

Railway station

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48th & Brighton / National Western Center station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in Denver, Colorado. It is the first station northbound from Union Station and is located on the edge of the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Commerce City and Elyria-Swansea.

Commerce City

Town

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Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census.

Elyria-Swansea

Neighborhood

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Elyria-Swansea is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is located in East Denver, on the northeast side of the city. In 2007, the neighborhood had 7,218 residents and 1,787 households.

Globeville

Neighborhood

Globeville is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Globeville is located in the area traditionally called North Denver. Globeville is situated 2 miles southwest of Belt Junction.

Belt Junction

Type: Locality
Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.80003° or 39° 48′ 0″ north

Longitude

-104.9544° or 104° 57′ 16″ west

Open location code

85FQR22W+26

OpenStreetMap ID

node 176015769

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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