Laird is an
unincorporated community
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and a
census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by
Yuma County,
Colorado
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,
United States
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. The population of the Laird CDP was 46 at the
United States Census 2020
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.
The
Wray post office
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serves Laird postal addresses.
[ Laird has the lowest elevation of any community in Colorado at .
]
Etymology
Laird has the name of James Laird, a Nebraska legislator. ''"Laird"'' is the Scots language
Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonl ...
word for a "lord".
History
The Laird post office began operation in 1887.
Geography
The Laird CDP has an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
See also
* Outline of Colorado
**Index of Colorado-related articles
This is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Colorado.
0–9
* .co.us – Internet second-level domain for the State of Colorado
* 4 Corners
** 4 Corners Monument
* 6th Principal Meridian
* 10-mile Range
* 10th ...
* State of Colorado
** Colorado cities and towns
***Colorado census designated places
The U.S. has 210 census-designated places. The United States Census Bureau defines certain unincorporated communities as census-designated places (CDPs) for enumeration in each decennial census. The Census Bureau defined 187 CDPs in Colorado fo ...
**Colorado counties
The U.S. State of Colorado is divided into 64 counties. Two of these counties, the City and County of Broomfield and the City and County of Denver, have consolidated city and county governments. Denver serves as the state capital. Counties are ...
***Yuma County, Colorado
Yuma County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,988. The county seat is Wray.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and ...
References
External links
Yuma County website
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Census-designated places in Yuma County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado