Commerce City is a home rule municipality located in Adams County, Colorado, United States.

Commerce City is located north of Denver and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Riverside Cemetery, founded in 1876, is located in the city's southwest corner at East 52nd Avenue and Brighton Boulevard.

Until the late 1920s, the area was devoted to agriculture, including wheat fields, dairies, and pig farms.

In July 1952, area residents voted 251 to 24 to incorporate Commerce Town, comprising neighborhoods such as Rose Hill and southern Adams City.

[8] The Mile High Kennel Club, a greyhound racing park founded in 1949, is no longer operational.

The CCURA and City Council adopted an updated Master Developer Agreement for the Mile High Greyhound Park in July 2019, and the project broke ground in October 2020.

[citation needed] A new Adams City High School has been constructed on land at 72nd and Quebec streets.

[9] Commerce City comprises a downtown area, and northern community stretching north of Denver International Airport.

[18] As a result of a lawsuit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a number of states (including Colorado) alleging violations of the Clean Air Act, Valero agreed in June 2005 to make pollution-reducing changes to its refineries, including the Commerce City facility.

The completion of the $445 million project was announced in June 2006 and allows Suncor to meet the EPA's mandate to reduce the sulfur content of diesel fuel.

[20] The city features 840 acres (340 ha) of parks and open spaces with 25 miles (40 km) of connecting trail system.