Kiowa, Colorado
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Kiowa is a home rule municipality town in and the county seat of Elbert County, Colorado, United States.[1] The town population was 725 at the 2020 United States census.[2]
History
The town was named for the Kiowa people.[3] Settled in 1859, it was originally named "Wendling" after an early settler.[4] It was called "Middle Kiowa" from the 1860s until 1912,[4] when it was incorporated and the word "Middle" was dropped.[5] It became the county seat of Elbert County in 1874.[4] Kiowa suffered from major flooding in 1935.[4]
Geography
Kiowa is located in western Elbert County at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (39.344207, −104.462714),[6] on the east side of Kiowa Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the South Platte River. Colorado State Highway 86 passes through the town, leading east Script error: No such module "convert". to Limon and west Script error: No such module "convert". to Castle Rock. The town of Elizabeth is Script error: No such module "convert". west on SH 86.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Kiowa has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all of it land.[7]
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | Template:Sronly | %± |
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| 1920 | 148 | — | |
| 1930 | 185 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1940 | 195 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1950 | 173 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1960 | 195 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1970 | 235 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1980 | 206 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1990 | 275 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2000 | 581 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2010 | 723 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 725 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
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Education
It is in the Kiowa School District C-2.[8]
See also
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- Colorado
References
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External links
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- CDOT map of the Town of Kiowa Template:Webarchive
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