Ordway, Colorado | |
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Main Street in Ordway, June 2017 | |
![]() Location of Ordway in Crowley County, Colorado. | |
Coordinates: 38°13′11″N103°45′26″W / 38.21972°N 103.75722°W | |
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County [1] | Crowley County Seat |
Incorporated (town) | September 4, 1900 [2] |
Government | |
• Type | Statutory Town [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.77 sq mi (2.00 km2) |
• Land | 0.77 sq mi (2.00 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 4,311 ft (1,314 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,066 |
• Density | 1,400/sq mi (530/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code [6] | 81063 |
Area code | 719 |
FIPS code | 08-56145 |
GNIS feature ID | 0203804 |
Website | townofordway |
Ordway is a Statutory Town in and the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States, that is also the most populous community in the county. [7] The population was 1,066 at the 2020 census. [5]
A post office called Ordway has been in operation since 1890. [8] The community was named after George N. Ordway, a Denver politician. [9]
Ordway is located in south-central Crowley County at 38°13′11″N103°45′26″W / 38.21972°N 103.75722°W (38.219633, -103.757264). [10] State Highway 96 runs along the southern edge of the town, leading west 49 miles (79 km) to Pueblo and east 60 miles (97 km) to Eads. Highway 71 runs along the eastern edge of the town and leads south 11 miles (18 km) to U.S. Route 50 near Rocky Ford and north 75 miles (121 km) to Interstate 70 at Limon.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Ordway has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 138 | — | |
1910 | 705 | 410.9% | |
1920 | 1,186 | 68.2% | |
1930 | 1,139 | −4.0% | |
1940 | 1,150 | 1.0% | |
1950 | 1,290 | 12.2% | |
1960 | 1,254 | −2.8% | |
1970 | 1,017 | −18.9% | |
1980 | 1,135 | 11.6% | |
1990 | 1,025 | −9.7% | |
2000 | 1,248 | 21.8% | |
2010 | 1,080 | −13.5% | |
2020 | 1,066 | −1.3% | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
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