Windsor’s proud history spans 121 years. The original settlers of Windsor were of German-Russian descent and traveled to Northern Colorado to work in the surrounding sugar beet fields.

The town’s first industry was a flourmill and in 1903, a sugar beet processing plant was established – eventually the plant became part of the Great Western Sugar Company.

The sugar beet plant was responsible for a majority of Windsor’s early growth and employed a large percentage of the local labor force until it closed in 1967.

One notable event for Windsor was being the first town in Weld County to have a paved street. The streets in the older part of Windsor are much wider when compared to the roadways of many towns developed in the same era. Local lore has it that the extra wide streets were built so that the beet wagons traveling to and from the sugar factory could turn around more easily.

Windsor has experienced several growth spurts over the years, with the largest population increase caused by the arrival of the Kodak company facility in the 1970’s. The opening of Kodak in 1969 signaled the transition from an agricultural-based economy to a more diversified economy, which reflects today’s contemporary trend of urbanization.