Walsh, Colorado
Walsh is a Statutory Town in Baca County, Colorado, United States. The population was 546 at the 2010 census, down from 723 at the 2000 census. A post office called Walsh has been in operation since 1926. The community was named after one Mr. Walsh, a railroad official. Geography Walsh is located in eastern Baca County at (37.386540, -102.278727) at an elevation of 3953'. U.S. Route 160 passes along the north edge of the town, leading west to Springfield, the county seat, and east to Johnson City, Kansas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Walsh has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Walsh was on July 17, 2022, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 18, 1984. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 723 people, 302 households, and 189 families residing in the town. The popu ...
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Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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