Sheridan Lake, Colorado

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Sheridan Lake is a statutory town located in Kiowa County, Colorado, United States.<ref name="GNIS"/> The population was 55 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020" />

History

The Bee, Colorado, post office opened on August 18, 1887, but was renamed Sheridan Lake on October 27, 1887.<ref name=CPO>Template:Cite book</ref> The community was named after Phil Sheridan, a pioneer hunter.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Geography

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Colorado Pacific Railroad in Sheridan Lake

Sheridan Lake is located in eastern Kiowa County at Template:Coord (38.468274, -102.293155).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> U.S. Route 385 passes through the town, leading north Template:Convert to Cheyenne Wells and south Template:Convert to Granada. Colorado State Highway 96 is the town's Main Street and leads west Template:Convert to Eads, the Kiowa county seat, and east Template:Convert to the Kansas border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web Template:Dead link Template:Cbignore</ref> The town is situated just to the north of the site of the small lake for which it was named. Recent aerial photos appear to indicate that the lake is mostly dried-up, with only an alkali lake bed remaining.

The Thunderbird gas station is home to Sheridan Lake's only restaurant. The town also has an auto repair shop and graphic design studio.