Willard, Colorado | |
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  Willard Location in Logan County and the state of Colorado  Willard Willard (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°33′16″N103°29′08″W / 40.55444°N 103.48556°W Coordinates: 40°33′16″N103°29′08″W / 40.55444°N 103.48556°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Logan County [1] |
| Elevation | 4,337 ft (1,322 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code [2] | 80741 (Merino) |
| Area code(s) | 970 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0182787 |
Willard is an unincorporated community located in Logan County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Merino (ZIP Code 80741) now serves Willard postal addresses. [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Logan County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,709. The county seat is Sterling. The county was named for General John A. Logan.
Colorado is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.
Willard was named for Willard House, who owned land in the area. [3]
