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Loveland is a city with an area of 66.1 km? (25.5 mi?) and a population of 50,608 people Search and find <strong>companies</strong>, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the <em>Business Directory Loveland</em> Loveland is a city located in Larimer County, Colorado. The city s public schools are part of the Thompson R2-J School District. The city was founded in 1877 along the newly-constructed line of the Colorado Central Railroad, near its crossing of the Big Thompson River. It was named in honor of William A.H. Loveland, the president of the Colorado Central. The city was founded one mile upstream from the existing small settlement of St. Louis, the buildings of which were moved to site of Loveland. For the much of the 20th century the town was dependent on agriculture. The primary crops in the area were sugar beets and sour cherries. In 1901, the Great Western Sugar Company built a factory in Loveland, which remained as a source of employment until its closure in 1985. During the late 1920 s the Spring Glade orchard was the largest cherry orchard west of the Mississippi River. At that time the cherry orchards produced more than $1 million worth of cherries per year. A series droughts, attacks of blight and finally a killer freeze destroyed the industry and by 1960 cherries were no longer farmed. In the late 20th century, the economy diversified with the arrival of manufacturing such as facilities by Hewlett-Packard and Hach, water quality analysis equipment manufacturer. In addition, the city serves as a bedroom community to commuters that travel to employment locations in Boulder, Westminster and other parts of the Denver Metropolitan area.