Profile for Brush, Colorado, CO

Founded as a cattle town

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 4. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 0.8 per 1,000 people.

Historic sites and museums: Brush Area Museum

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

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23% of Brush residents report German ancestry, and 8% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Brush ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Brush
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• Morgan County Ancestry forum
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Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - CO data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
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• Brush museums
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• Brush area parks
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• Cemetery record compendium
• Colorado cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Brush
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• Brush business guide
• Brush Chamber of Commerce
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• Courts in Colorado
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• Crime in Morgan County
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• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
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• Local information on disability access
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• Independent living centers in Colorado
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Brush was $14,672, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Morgan County economic census
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15% of Brush residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Brush
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• Post history questions in Morgan County genealogy forum

Median rent in Brush, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $346.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $760.

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Libraries in Brush include Brush / E Morgan County Library District ... View libraries

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• Brush Chamber of Commerce
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Morgan County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Brush political report.

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The average commute time for Brush workers is 17 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

Hotels in Brush include Best Value Inn Lumberton, Microtel Inn.

• Brush travel guide
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• Colorado tourism bureau

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