Editing Flagler, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- Basic info -->
|name                     = Flagler, Colorado
|settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/municipalities.jsf|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=[[Colorado Department of Local Affairs]]|access-date=October 18, 2021}}</ref>

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|image_skyline            = Flagler Hospital Front 2.jpg
|image_caption            = Former Flagler Hospital (2012)
|image_flag               =
|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = Kit Carson County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Flagler Highlighted 0826765.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson County]] and [[Colorado]]
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|map_caption1             =

<!-- Location -->
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|39|17|39|N|103|3|57|W|region:US-CO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Colorado]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Colorado|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson]]<ref name=COMun/>
|subdivision_type3        =
|subdivision_name3        =

<!-- Established -->
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1888
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = November 2, 1916<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}</ref>
|named_for                =

<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun/>
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Tom Bredehoft<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.flaglercolorado.com/LocGov.aspx | title = Town Council members | publisher = Town of Flagler | accessdate = May 11, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927031611/http://www.flaglercolorado.com/LocGov.aspx | archive-date = September 27, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name=2020_Census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html|title=Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], [[United States Department of Commerce]]|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 3.547
|area_land_km2            = 3.547
|area_water_km2           = 0.000
|unit_pref                = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 4941

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name=2020_Census/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 567
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_est           =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto

<!-- General information -->
|timezone1                = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset1              = −7
|timezone1_DST            = MDT
|utc_offset1_DST          = −6
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=[[JavaScript]]/[[HTML]] |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |accessdate=September 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214101437/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archivedate=December 14, 2006 }}</ref>
|postal_code              = 80815
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 719|719]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|08|26765}} <ref name=gnis/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 204820 <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis2|204820|Flagler, Colorado}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://flaglercolorado.com/|flaglercolorado.com}}
}}

'''Flagler''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] in western [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson County]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>  The town population was 567 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=2020_Census/> Flagler is near Exit 395 on [[Interstate 70 in Colorado|I-70]].

==History==
The town was established in 1888 as a small settlement near the then-new [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|Rock Island Railroad]]. The area has had several names, and prior to the settlement of the town, the location had been home to a combined general store and post office, owned by W.H. Lavington, and named '''Bowser''' in memory of the owner's favorite dog who had died.<ref name="William Bright page 64">William Bright: ''Colorado Place Names'', page 64. Big Earth Publishing, 2004</ref> When the town was founded, the town was named '''Malowe''' after Rock Island Railroad attorney M. A. Lowe.<ref name="William Bright page 64"/> The town was later renamed after [[Henry Flagler]], railroad builder and oil man, at the request of his daughter who liked the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9467|title=Profile for Flagler, Colorado, CO|publisher=ePodunk|accessdate=July 11, 2012|archive-date=February 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209202922/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9467|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town was officially incorporated in 1916.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Flagler-Colorado.html|title=Flagler, Colorado|publisher= City-Data.com|accessdate=July 11, 2012}}</ref>

==Geography==
Flagler is located at {{coord|39|17|39|N|103|3|57|W|type:city}} (39.294031, -103.065832).<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|3.547|km2|acre|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name=2020_Census/>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| width       = auto
| collapsed   = yes
| single line = yes
| location    = Flagler, Colorado (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1919–1928, 1958–present)
| Jan record high F = 78
| Feb record high F = 80
| Mar record high F = 84
| Apr record high F = 90
| May record high F = 99
| Jun record high F = 107
| Jul record high F = 104
| Aug record high F = 104
| Sep record high F = 99
| Oct record high F = 93
| Nov record high F = 81
| Dec record high F = 76
| year record high F = 107
| Jan high F = 45.0
| Feb high F = 46.9
| Mar high F = 56.6
| Apr high F = 63.7
| May high F = 73.0
| Jun high F = 84.7
| Jul high F = 89.1
| Aug high F = 86.8
| Sep high F = 79.1
| Oct high F = 65.8
| Nov high F = 53.7
| Dec high F = 43.8
| year high F = 65.7
| Jan mean F = 31.1
| Feb mean F = 33.0
| Mar mean F = 41.8
| Apr mean F = 49.1
| May mean F = 58.7
| Jun mean F = 69.3
| Jul mean F = 74.3
| Aug mean F = 72.4
| Sep mean F = 64.2
| Oct mean F = 50.9
| Nov mean F = 39.6
| Dec mean F = 30.4
| year mean F = 51.2
| Jan low F = 17.1
| Feb low F = 19.1
| Mar low F = 27.0
| Apr low F = 34.5
| May low F = 44.4
| Jun low F = 53.9
| Jul low F = 59.5
| Aug low F = 58.0
| Sep low F = 49.3
| Oct low F = 36.0
| Nov low F = 25.5
| Dec low F = 17.0
| year low F = 36.8
| Jan record low F = -29
| Feb record low F = -25
| Mar record low F = -20
| Apr record low F = -4
| May record low F = 20
| Jun record low F = 30
| Jul record low F = 37
| Aug record low F = 33
| Sep record low F = 21
| Oct record low F = -6
| Nov record low F = -15
| Dec record low F = -29
| year record low F = -29
| precipitation colour   = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.34
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.31
| Mar precipitation inch = 0.80
| Apr precipitation inch = 1.37
| May precipitation inch = 2.47
| Jun precipitation inch = 2.64
| Jul precipitation inch = 3.06
| Aug precipitation inch = 2.71
| Sep precipitation inch = 1.24
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.90
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.29
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.37
| year precipitation inch = 16.50
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days  = 2.1
| Feb precipitation days  = 1.9
| Mar precipitation days  = 3.5
| Apr precipitation days  = 4.1
| May precipitation days  = 5.8
| Jun precipitation days  = 5.9
| Jul precipitation days  = 6.6
| Aug precipitation days  = 5.6
| Sep precipitation days  = 2.7
| Oct precipitation days  = 2.9
| Nov precipitation days  = 1.9
| Dec precipitation days  = 2.1
| year precipitation days = 45.1
| Jan snow inch = 5.1
| Feb snow inch = 3.8
| Mar snow inch = 3.9
| Apr snow inch = 3.4
| May snow inch = 0.6
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.4
| Oct snow inch = 1.0
| Nov snow inch = 2.4
| Dec snow inch = 3.9
| year snow inch = 24.5
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days  = 1.9
| Feb snow days  = 1.7
| Mar snow days  = 1.8
| Apr snow days  = 0.9
| May snow days  = 0.1
| Jun snow days  = 0.0
| Jul snow days  = 0.0
| Aug snow days  = 0.0
| Sep snow days  = 0.1
| Oct snow days  = 0.2
| Nov snow days  = 1.3
| Dec snow days  = 1.7
| year snow days = 9.7
| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=gld
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = April 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00052932&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = April 6, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1920= 544
|1930= 540
|1940= 506
|1950= 793
|1960= 693
|1970= 615
|1980= 550
|1990= 564
|2000= 612
|2010= 561
|2020= 567
|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 612 people, 271 households, and 171 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|1,123.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 319 housing units at an average density of {{convert|585.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 96.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.29% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.82% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.10% of the population.

There were 271 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,523, and the median income for a family was $43,542. Males had a median income of $29,821 versus $19,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,770.  About 4.3% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
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== Economy ==
[[File:Flagler-Colorado-Grain-Elevators.jpg|thumb|left|Grain Elevators in Flagler]]
The economy of Flagler and the surrounding area is composed largely of agriculture, specifically [[wheat]] and [[maize|corn]] production. Flagler is also the self-proclaimed "[[Bird food|Birdseed]] Capital of World," with a Wagner's Wild Bird Seed plant listed as the town's top private employer. Flagler is home to a [[Loaf 'N Jug]] convenience store, The Witt's Family (clothing and shoe) Store, Stone Communications (previously Lyle's TV & Radio), a small hotel, a small movie house, a local supermarket, The I-70 (1950's) Diner, and numerous churches. The Flagler area is also home to the Mullen pedal steel guitar factory on County Road MM, about 30 miles N.E. of the town.

The Town of Flagler is offering free land for business or industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flaglercolorado.com/|title=Welcome to FlaglerColorado.Com|website=flaglercolorado.com}}</ref>

== School ==
Arriba-Flagler Consolidated School District #20 educates local children in grades preschool through 12th, as well as children from nearby [[Arriba, Colorado]]. The school's mascot is the panther, and students compete in sports such as [[Six-man football]], [[volleyball]], [[basketball]], [[baseball]], and [[Track and field|track]]. Flagler's archrival is the [[Stratton, Colorado|Stratton Eagles]], which Flagler beat to end what was, at the time, the longest winning streak in [[Colorado]] high school football history.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} Flagler Senior High School is represented by the colors orange and black, and is consistently one of the top-performing schools in the state academically [http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/reportcard/CommandHandler.jsp?cmdSelect=getReportCard&schoolID=29372&searchYear=2005]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.

==Notable events==
Flagler is the site of a tragic air show accident that occurred on September 15, 1951.  A [[Timm N2T Tutor]] performing for Fall Festival Day lost control and impacted the show's spectators, killing twenty people.<ref>[http://proairshow.com/Flagler%20Lions%20Club%20Airshow.htm Air-show crash a vivid memory 50 years later.]  The accident aircraft was a Timm Tutor (N2T-1) not a T-6 as often mentioned.  Denver Post Online.  September 9, 2001.  Retrieved on January 22, 2008.</ref>

==Notable residents==
*Boxer [[Irish Bob Murphy]] was born in Flagler
*Author [[Hal Borland]] moved to Flagler at the age 15 when his father became publisher of one of the local newspapers, and attended high school in Flagler
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==See also==
{{portal|Geography|History|United States|Colorado}}
*[[Colorado]]
**[[Bibliography of Colorado]]
**[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
**[[Outline of Colorado]]
*[[List of counties in Colorado]]
*[[List of municipalities in Colorado]]
*[[List of places in Colorado]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://flaglercolorado.com/ Town of Flagler website]
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Flagler.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Flagler]

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[[Category:Towns in Kit Carson County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1888]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in Colorado]]