Editing Haswell, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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|name                     = Haswell, 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 22, 2021}}</ref>

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|image_skyline            = Haswell, Colorado aerial view.jpg
|image_caption            = Haswell (2023)
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|image_map                = Kiowa County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Haswell Highlighted 0834740.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Kiowa County, Colorado|Kiowa County]] and [[Colorado]]
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|coordinates              = {{coord|38|27|8.01|N|103|9|46.74|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        = [[Kiowa County, Colorado|Kiowa]]
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|established_title        = Founded
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|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        = 1908<ref name=KiowaFactBook>{{cite web | url = http://www.kcedf.org/Kiowa%20Cnty%20Fact%20Book.doc | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061023130311/http://www.kcedf.org/Kiowa+Cnty+Fact+Book.doc | archivedate = October 23, 2006 | title = KIOWA COUNTY: THE HIGH PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO | format = [[MS Word]] | accessdate = September 30, 2007}}</ref>
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = September 2, 1920<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>
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|area_total_km2           = 2.079
|area_land_km2            = 2.079
|area_water_km2           = 0.000
|unit_pref                = Imperial

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|elevation_ft             = 4544

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 71
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|timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset               = −7
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|utc_offset_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 30, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070903025217/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | archivedate = September 3, 2007 }}</ref>
|postal_code              = 81045
|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|34740}} <ref name="GNIS"/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 195308 <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|195308|Haswell, Colorado}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.kcedfonline.org/haswell.htm|Haswell webpage}}
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'''Haswell''' is a [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|statutory town]] located in [[Kiowa County, Colorado|Kiowa County]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/><ref name=COMun/>  The town population was 71 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref name=2020_Census/>

==History==
Haswell was established in 1905<ref name=PlaceNames>William Bright, ''Colorado Place Names'', 3rd ed., Boulder, Col.:Johnson Books, 2004, p. 83.</ref> or 1908,<ref name=KiowaFactBook/> having grown up around one of the section houses built along the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] in eastern Colorado that were named after prominent men in alphabetical order from the Kansas State line to the west toward [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]], by [[Helen Miller Shepard|Helen]], daughter of railroad magnate [[Jay Gould]], at the time of the railroad line's construction in 1888.<ref name=PlaceNames/><ref name=HowNames>John Frank Dawson, ''Place Names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian Origin'', J. F. Dawson Pub. Co., 1954, p. 3.</ref> It was incorporated in 1920.<ref name=KiowaFactBook/><ref name=PlaceNames/>

==Geography==
Haswell is located in western Kiowa County at {{coord|38|27|6|N|103|9|47|W|type:city}} (38.451774, -103.163116).<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> [[Colorado State Highway 96]] passes through the town, leading east {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Eads, Colorado|Eads]], the [[county seat]], and southwest {{convert|38|mi}} to [[Ordway, Colorado|Ordway]].

At the [[2020 United States census]], the town had a total area of {{convert|2.079|km2|acre|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name=2020_Census/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1930= 156
|1940= 163
|1950= 163
|1960= 169
|1970= 135
|1980= 126
|1990= 62
|2000= 84
|2010= 68
|2020= 71
|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 84 people, 31 households, and 24 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|99.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 41 housing units at an average density of {{convert|48.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.48% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 5.95% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 1.19% from two or more races.

There were 31 households, out of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.3% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 127.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $30,938, and the median income for a family was $32,500. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $9,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,638. There were 25.0% of families and 27.3% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 34.6% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.
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==Notable facilities==
Haswell is believed to have the United States' smallest jail.<ref>Town of Eads. [http://eadscolorado.org/current-residents/attractions/worlds-smallest-jail World's smallest jail.] Viewed September 8, 2013.</ref> It is approximately {{convert|12|by|14|ft}} (exterior dimensions), which makes it several feet smaller in each dimension than that of [[Randsburg, California]]'s jail.

The Paul Plishner Radio Astronomy and Space Sciences Center is located {{convert|5|mi|0}} south of Haswell in a remote, radio-quiet area. The center includes a {{convert|60|ft|adj=on}} parabolic dish antenna used for radio astronomy research.<ref>Deep Space Exploration Society. [http://www.dses.org/facilities/plishner-observatory Paul Plishner Radio Astronomy and Space Sciences Center]. Viewed September 8, 2013.</ref>

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File:Haswell, Colorado Jail.JPG|Haswell's jail. 
File:Paul Plishner Radio Astronomy and Space Sciences Center.JPG|The radio astronomy telescope near Haswell
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==Naming of Intel Microchip==
In 2013, the [[Intel|Intel corporation]] announced that it was naming its newest processor microarchitecture [[Haswell (microarchitecture)|Haswell]], after the town.<ref>''Denver Post'', June 2, 2013. [http://www.denverpost.com/ci_23370797/intels-newest-processor-named-after-small-colorado-town Intel's newest processor named after small Colorado town of Haswell].</ref>

==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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* [http://www.kcedfonline.org/haswell.htm Town of Haswell website]
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Haswell.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Haswell]
* [http://www.eadseagles.com/eikenberghaswell.htm Illustrated historical description]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050727082600/http://www.eadseagles.com/eikenberghaswell.htm archive.org]

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