Brandon is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) located in
Kiowa County,
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, United States.
The population of the Brandon CDP was 21 at the
United States Census 2020.
History
Brandon was established in late 1887.
[ The Brandon, Colorado, post office operated from May 19, 1888, until February 28, 1963.][
]
Geography
Brandon is located in eastern Kiowa County at coordinates at an elevation of .[ Colorado State Highway 96 passes along the north side of the community, leading west to Eads, the ]county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
, and east to Sheridan Lake.
At the 2020 United States Census, the Brandon CDP had an area of , all land.[
]
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
initially defined the for the
See also
* List of census-designated places in Colorado
* List of populated places in Colorado
* List of post offices in Colorado
References
External links
Kiowa County, ColoradoState of Colorado
History Colorado
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Census-designated places in Kiowa County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado