Editing Crawford, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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The '''Town of Crawford''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] in [[Delta County, Colorado|Delta County]], Colorado, United States.<ref name=COMun/> The town population was 403 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=2020_Census/> The surrounding mesas and valleys support a farming and ranching community.

==History==
Crawford was founded in 1882.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bright|first=William|title=Colorado Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jW3SlDq8JmUC&pg=PA45|year=2004|publisher=Big Earth Publishing|isbn=978-1-55566-333-9|page=45}}</ref> The town was named for [[George A. Crawford]], governor-elect of Kansas<ref>{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=Encyclopedia of Colorado|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0FU9OUY2zAC&pg=PA178|date=March 1, 1999|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-0-403-09813-2|page=178}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=21|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=15}}</ref> and a founder of Grand Junction, Colorado. A post office has been in operation at Crawford since 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=CO&county=Delta | title=Delta County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 6, 2015}}</ref>

===Pioneer Days=== 
For 40 years during the second weekend in June, Crawford Country holds a town festival called Pioneer Days,<ref>{{cite web |title=Crawford Pioneer Days Website|url=https://www.crawfordpioneerdays.com/}}</ref> starting with a parade and ending with a fireworks display over the [[Crawford Reservoir|reservoir]] at [[Crawford State Park (Colorado)|Crawford State Park]].

The Pioneer Days' schedule usually includes a locally produced Melodrama starting on Thursday evening and followed by 2 shows on Saturday.<ref name=CPD_Schedule>{{cite web |title=Crawford Pioneer Days Schedule |url=https://www.crawfordpioneerdays.com/schedule}}</ref>  Friday evening includes a benefit auction, baking contest, and Fire Auxiliary BBQ dinner at Town Hall. Saturday includes craft booths, throwing a horseshoe, and racing outhouses. The finale is the fireworks display on Saturday evening at [[Crawford State Park (Colorado)|Crawford State Park]].<ref name=CPD_Schedule/>

==Geography==
Crawford is located seventy highway miles southeast of [[Grand Junction, Colorado|Grand Junction]].

At the [[2020 United States census]], the town had a total area of {{convert|0.651|km2|acre|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name=2020_Census/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1920= 149
|1930= 157
|1940= 221
|1950= 170
|1960= 147
|1970= 171
|1980= 268
|1990= 221
|2000= 366
|2010= 431
|2020= 403
|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 366 people, 147 households, and 104 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,409.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 179 housing units at an average density of {{convert|689.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.72% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.64% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.64% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.19% of the population.

There were 147 households, out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $23,281, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $37,917 versus $16,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,284. About 23.5% of families and 29.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 45.8% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.
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==Notable residents==
* [[Joe Cocker]] (1944–2014), singer<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-joe-cocker-20150219-story.html Joe Cocker's 243-acre ranch is on the market in Colorado] Los Angeles Times. February 19, 2015.</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Colorado}}
*[[List of municipalities in Colorado]]
*[[Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://townofcrawford.colorado.gov/ Town of Crawford website]
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Crawford.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Crawford]
*[http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/ The Delta County Independent, the local community weekly covering Crawford and the rest of Delta County]

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