Metric Units of Measurement. In the metric system of measurement, designations of multiples and subdivision of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo meaning, respectively, 10, 100, and 1000, and deci, centi, and milli, meaning, respectively, one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth.
Brighton City Hall. The City of Brighton is the Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties that is the county seat of Adams County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 35,719 in 2013.
1885: The town is established in what was Brown County on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. 1886: The post office opens. 1887: Mills County is organized. Land was donated with the understanding that Goldthwaite would be designated the county seat. 1888: The Mills County jail is built.