[3] Frederick is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

[6] In 2014 the town 're-branded' by designing a logo that is a stylized gas lamp with a mountain range background, and adopting the tag line "Built on What Matters".

[10] The town came to international media attention upon becoming the scene of a high-profile murder case in which resident Chris Watts killed his pregnant wife and their two daughters in August 2018.

[3] Immediately adjacent communities to Frederick are Firestone to the North, and Dacono to the South.

The next closest communities are Erie to the southwest, Longmont to the west, Fort Lupton to the east, and an unincorporated area of Weld County called DelCamino to the northwest.

The racial makeup of the town was 7747 White, 47 African American, 181 Asian, 34 AIAN, 1 NHPI, 398 Other, with 1222 claiming Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity.

In 2017, Frederick residents voted in a recall election for the mayor and four of the town's trustees.

Majorities of voters cast ballots in favor of all of the officials keeping their seats, by margins of at least 300 votes in each case.