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Cheyenne County, Colorado
Cheyenne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. The county population was 1,748 at 2020 census. The county seat is Cheyenne Wells.
Cheyenne County was created with its present borders by the Colorado State Legislature on March 25, 1889, out of portions of northeastern Bent County and southeastern Elbert County. It was named after the Cheyenne Indians who occupied eastern Colorado.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,781 square miles (4,610 km2), of which 1,778 square miles (4,600 km2) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) (0.2%) is water.
The drainage basins in Cheyenne County include Bellyache, Big Timber, East and Middle Fork Big Spring, Eureka, Goose, Ladder, Little Spring, Pass, Rock, Sand, Turtle, White Woman, Wild Horse and Willow Creeks, as well as the Smoky Hill River. The Smoky Hill drains into the Republican River in Kansas. The creeks in the northern and eastern part of the county drain to the Republican or Smoky Hill Rivers; those in the central and southeastern part of the county drain ultimately to the Arkansas River. All of the creeks in Cheyenne County are generally dry with some flow when drawing snowmelt or rainfall. There are four summits in Cheyenne County: Agate Mound (4,457 ft.), Eureka Hill (4,700 ft.), Landsman Hill (4,695 ft.), and Twin Buttes (4,621 ft.) The highest point in the county is in the extreme northwest corner of the county on the Bledsoe Ranch (5,255 ft.)
Cheyenne County is home to the antipode of Île Saint-Paul making it one of the few places in the continental United States with a non-oceanic antipode.
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,748. Of the residents, 23.5% were under the age of 18 and 22.4% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 44.0 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.6 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas.
The racial makeup of the county was 87.8% White, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 4.8% from some other race, and 6.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 11.8% of the population.
There were 745 households in the county, of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 23.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Cheyenne County, Colorado
Cheyenne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. The county population was 1,748 at 2020 census. The county seat is Cheyenne Wells.
Cheyenne County was created with its present borders by the Colorado State Legislature on March 25, 1889, out of portions of northeastern Bent County and southeastern Elbert County. It was named after the Cheyenne Indians who occupied eastern Colorado.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,781 square miles (4,610 km2), of which 1,778 square miles (4,600 km2) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2) (0.2%) is water.
The drainage basins in Cheyenne County include Bellyache, Big Timber, East and Middle Fork Big Spring, Eureka, Goose, Ladder, Little Spring, Pass, Rock, Sand, Turtle, White Woman, Wild Horse and Willow Creeks, as well as the Smoky Hill River. The Smoky Hill drains into the Republican River in Kansas. The creeks in the northern and eastern part of the county drain to the Republican or Smoky Hill Rivers; those in the central and southeastern part of the county drain ultimately to the Arkansas River. All of the creeks in Cheyenne County are generally dry with some flow when drawing snowmelt or rainfall. There are four summits in Cheyenne County: Agate Mound (4,457 ft.), Eureka Hill (4,700 ft.), Landsman Hill (4,695 ft.), and Twin Buttes (4,621 ft.) The highest point in the county is in the extreme northwest corner of the county on the Bledsoe Ranch (5,255 ft.)
Cheyenne County is home to the antipode of Île Saint-Paul making it one of the few places in the continental United States with a non-oceanic antipode.
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,748. Of the residents, 23.5% were under the age of 18 and 22.4% were 65 years of age or older; the median age was 44.0 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.6 males. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas.
The racial makeup of the county was 87.8% White, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 4.8% from some other race, and 6.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 11.8% of the population.
There were 745 households in the county, of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 23.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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