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The Town of Grover is a
*Grover Station
, Willa Cather, 1900
CDOT map of the Town of Grover
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Statutory Town
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located in Weld County
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, Colorado
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, United States. The town population was 157 at the 2020 United States Census
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, a 14.60% increase since the 2010 United States Census
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. Grover is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 328,981. The county seat is Greeley.
Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver ...
and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
Geography
Grover is located at (40.868393, -104.226126). At the2020 United States Census
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, the town had a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
As of thecensus
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of 2000, there were 153 people, 78 households, and 32 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 85 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.08% White
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, 1.96% African American
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, 1.31% Native American, 0.65% from other races
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of any race were 1.96% of the population.
There were 78 households, out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 57.7% were non-families. 52.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of 18, 1.3% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $17,679, and the median income for a family was $18,438. Males had a median income of $21,875 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income
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for the town was $9,342. About 36.0% of families and 45.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 71.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.0% of those 65 or over.
Allusions in literature
*Willa Cather
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's 1900 short story ''The Affair at Grover Station
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'' contains a description of Grover, as per, 'You know what Grover is, a red box of a station, section house barricaded by coal sheds and a little group of dwellings at the end of everything, with the desert running out on every side to the sky line.', Willa Cather, 1900
See also
*Colorado
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**Bibliography of Colorado
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**Index of Colorado-related articles
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* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
* 4 Corners
** 4 Corners Monument
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** Outline of Colorado
* List of counties in Colorado
*List of municipalities in Colorado
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*List of statistical areas in Colorado
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** Front Range Urban Corridor
**North Central Colorado Urban Area
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** Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
**Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
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Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver ...
References
External links
CDOT map of the Town of Grover
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