Kiowa County, Colorado

Kiowa County Courthouse (1903)
administration
US state :	Colorado
Administrative headquarters :	Eads
Foundation :	1889
Made up from:	Bent County
Demographics
Residents :	1398  (2010)
Population density :	0.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	4625 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map
Website : www.kiowacountycolo.com

The Kiowa County is a county in the east of the US state Colorado . The county seat is Eads .

geography

The county is surrounded by Counties of Cheyenne to the north, Lincoln to the northwest, Crowley to the east, Otero to the southwest, Bent and Prowers to the south. Greeley County (Kansas) lies behind the state border in the east .

history

In 1864, before the county and Colorado were founded, the Sand Creek massacre took place in the middle of today's county . In the Colorado War, this was initially referred to as the victorious battle of the whites against enemy Indians. However, research has shown that the killing of old people and children was involved. Both the Governor John Evans (1814-1897) and the commanding Colonel John Chivington were held responsible. The county name comes from the Kiowa Indians.

From around 1880, Kiowa County became an agricultural center of Colorado and remained so until the beginning of the 20th century. This was also favored by the railway line running through the county.

Today the area is almost deserted, only Eads is a notable settlement here. Other settlements are threatened with permanent abandonment. This could lead to a regression of Kiowa County to the state it was before intensive cultivation: prairie with nutrient-poor grasslands.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1890	1243		-
1900	701		-43.6%
1910	2899		313.6%
1920	3755		29.5%
1930	3786		0.8%
1940	2793		-26.2%
1950	3003		7.5%
1960	2425		-19.2%
1970	2029		-16.3%
1980	1936		-4.6%
1990	1688		-12.8%
2000	1622		-3.9%
2010	1398		-13.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Kiowa County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , the county had 1,622 people. There were 665 households and 452 families. The population density was 0.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.12 percent white, 0.49 percent African American, 1.11 percent Native American, 0.06 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.42 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.80 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.14 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 665 households, 28.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.6 percent were married couples living together, 6.6 percent were single mothers. 32.0 percent were not families. 29.8 percent were single households and 15.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.97 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.9 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 17.6 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the 30,494 USD , and the median income for a family was 35,536 USD. Males had a median income of $ 26,136 versus $ 18,897 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,382. 12.2 percent of the population and 9.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 11.5 percent of the population under the age of 18 and 13.8 percent of the population aged 65 and over.

Places in Kiowa County

• Arlington
• Brandon
• Chivington
• Eads
• Galatea
• Haswell
• Hawkins
• Sheridan Lake
• Stuart
• Towner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 198146. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2012 

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 26 ′  N , 102 ° 44 ′  W