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Westminster.

Westminster. 1. Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. A U.S. naval weapons station and Los Alamitos Naval Air Base are nearby. Westminster has been marked by economic growth since 1975 along with the burgeoning southern California area. 2. City (1990 pop. 74,625), Adams and Jefferson counties, N central Colo., a residential suburb of Denver; inc. 1911. Telephone-switching equipment and electro-mechanical products are manufactured in the city. Westminster has been marked by tremendous residential growth along with the Denver metropolitan area; its population nearly quadrupled between 1970 and 1990. Standley Lake there provides the city with both water and recreation. Nearby is Stapleton International Airport.

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