About Laporte
Laporte is a small unincorporated community in northern Colorado.
Laporte holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.12 square miles.
📰 Laporte News Today
- Larimer County sheriff defends license plate reader cameras as privacy concerns grow Denver7 · Aug 3
- Laporte Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 25
- Cara Bellman Obituary - Ft. Collins, CO Dignity Memorial · Mar 16
- Mandatory evacuations lifted for Larimer County wildfire - Reporter-Herald Reporter-Herald · Mar 12
- Documents detail struggle between LaPorte Co. deputy, suspect before shooting WSBT · May 26
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Laporte Unique
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Fort Collins (7 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
📍 Neighborhoods in Laporte
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Laporte
- Carnicería Delicias — mexican
- Elevated Sandwiches — sandwich
- Howling Cow Cafe — yogurt (café)
- Me Oh My! — coffee (café)
- Music City Hot Chicken — chicken
- NoCo Hibachi & Wings — asian
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Ziggi's Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Taqueria Del Barrio — mexican
- Vern's Place — american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Laporte
- Gateway Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lions' Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Bingham Hill Park reviews ★
- Butterfly Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lory State Park reviews ★
- Magpie Meander Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- McMurry Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- North Shields Ponds Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Puente Verde Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Reservoir Ridge Natural Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Soft Gold Park reviews ★
- Watson Lake State Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Laporte
- Cache La Poudre Elementary School
- Cache La Poudre Middle School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateColorado
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area6.12 sq mi
Coordinates40.6377, -105.1436