Kiowa is a

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town and the

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, United States. The town population was 723 at the

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, up from 581 at the 2000 census.

History

The town was named for the

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people. Settled in 1859, it was originally named "Wendling" after an early settler. It was called "Middle Kiowa" from the 1860s until 1912, when it was incorporated and the word "Middle" was dropped. It became the county seat of Elbert County in 1874. Kiowa suffered from major flooding in 1935.

Geography

Kiowa is located in western Elbert County at (39.344207, −104.462714), on the east side of Kiowa Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the

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Colorado State Highway 86 State Highway 86 (SH 86) is a state highway in the U.S. State of Colorado. It runs from Interstate 25 (I-25), U.S. Route 85 (US 85) and US 87 in Castle Rock, eastward to I-70 and US 40 near Limon. It gives service through eastern Castle Ro ...

passes through the town, leading east to Limon and west to Castle Rock. The town of

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is west on SH 86. According to the

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, Kiowa has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 581 people, 227 households, and 152 families residing in the town. However, outside of this incorporated town's limits there are several thousand other new residents of this fast-growing county. The population density was . There were 243 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 94.49%

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, 0.34%

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, 0.86% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 1.20% from

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, and 2.93% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.30% of the population. There were 227 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.10. In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.5% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 36.3% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the town was $40,809, and the median income for a family was $42,353. Males had a median income of $34,875 versus $26,071 for females. The

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for the town was $17,885. About 7.0% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the

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, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Religion

*Kiowa Creek Community Church *Majestic View Church *Nazarene Church *Graceway Bible Church *Our Lady of the Visitation Parish *Save the Cowboy

References

External links

Town of Kiowa website

CDOT map of the Town of Kiowa
{{authority control Towns in Elbert County, Colorado Towns in Colorado Colorado placenames of Native American origin County seats in Colorado Denver metropolitan area