Editing Cheraw, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Otero County, Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
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|name                     = Cheraw, Colorado
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'''Cheraw''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] located in [[Otero County, Colorado|Otero County]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref name=COMun/>  The town population was 237 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=2020_Census/>

==History==
In 1917, Cheraw was the smallest town in the world with a regimental band.  Cheraw had a population of 80, half of whom were men serving in the Colorado National Guard Second Regiment Band under the leadership of Sergeant Luther D. Armstrong, attached to the regiment of General Cameron and the 115th Ammunition Train commanded by Colonel Danks.<ref>"Regimental Band puts Small Town on the Map," Pueblo Chieftain, November 15, 1917, p.8.</ref>

In 1920, the U.S. census of the town of Cheraw reported a population of 186 in 49 households within the town limits.  Fewer than ten of the town's adults had been born in Colorado; most were from the Midwest.  The largest demographic group, 15 percent of the population, were resident aliens who had immigrated from Mexico within the previous decade.<ref name="Cheraw, Otero County 1920">U.S. census, Cheraw, Otero County, Colorado, sheets 6A-7B, enumerated February 1920.</ref>

The men's occupations in 1920 included blacksmith, salesman, publisher, lumberyard manager, retail merchant, laborer, wagon driver, bank cashier, barber, physician, druggist, teacher, minister, carpenter, farmer and farm laborers, alfalfa mill manager and laborers, bank bookkeeper, railroad depot operator, [illegible] at pool hall, railroad laborer, and auto mechanic.  Women were employed at paying occupations as saleslady, teacher, manager of the telephone exchange, postal workers, and postmistress. The census taker was also a woman.<ref name="Cheraw, Otero County 1920"/>

==Geography==
Cheraw is located at {{coord|38|6|28|N|103|30|40|W|type:city}} (38.107901, -103.511137).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

At the [[2020 United States census]], the town had a total area of {{convert|0.474|km2|acre|order=flip}} including {{convert|0.007|km2|acre|order=flip}} of water.<ref name=2020_Census/>
 
==Demographics==
{{US Census population|align=left
|1920= 186
|1930= 293
|1940= 184
|1950= 174
|1960= 173
|1970= 129
|1980= 233
|1990= 265
|2000= 211
|2010= 252
|2020= 237
|footnote=[[United States census|U.S. Decennial Census]]
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 211 people, 92 households, and 58 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,289.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 102 housing units at an average density of {{convert|623.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 95.73% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.95% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.90% of the population.

There were 92 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.2% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $21,250, and the median income for a family was $24,844. Males had a median income of $20,125 versus $23,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $12,590.  About 13.4% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 8.6% of those 65 or over.{{clear left}}

==See also==
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* [[List of municipalities in Colorado]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|townofcheraw.colorado.gov}}
*{{commons category-inline|Cheraw, Colorado}}
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Cheraw.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Cheraw]

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[[Category:Towns in Otero County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]