Pierce is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States.

[5] The town is a rural agricultural community located on the Colorado Eastern Plains along U.S. Highway 85 north of Greeley.

[7] The town was named after John Pierce, a railroad official.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.

takes place in Pierce, Colorado in the year 3028 A.D., right before Earth is destroyed by the Drej aliens' mothership.