Editing Ovid, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|name                     = Ovid, Colorado
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]

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|image_skyline            = Ovid, Colorado.JPG
|image_caption            = Entering from east on U.S. Route 138 (2017)
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|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = Sedgwick County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ovid Highlighted 0856475.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Sedgwick County, Colorado|Sedgwick County]] and [[Colorado]]
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|coordinates              = {{coord|40|57|36|N|102|23|20|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        = [[Sedgwick County, Colorado|Sedgwick]]<ref name=COMun>{{cite web | url = http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html | title = Active Colorado Municipalities | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Local Affairs | accessdate = September 1, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091212060308/http://www.dola.state.co.us/dlg/local_governments/municipalities.html | archivedate = December 12, 2009 }}</ref>
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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         =
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = December 21, 1925<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                =

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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              =

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_08.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.16
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.16
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|area_total_km2           = 0.40
|area_land_km2            = 0.40
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_water_percent       =
|unit_pref                = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name="GNIS"/>
|elevation_ft             = 3530

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Ovid_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0856475 |title=Ovid town; Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 20, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 271
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|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]]
|postal_code              = 80744<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 = November 28, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101104123722/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | archivedate = November 4, 2010 }}</ref>
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 970|970]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|08|56475}} <ref name="GNIS"/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 182695 <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|182695|Ovid, Colorado}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.facebook.com/OvidColorado|Town website}}
}}

'''Ovid''' is a [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory town|statutory town]] in [[Sedgwick County, Colorado]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  The population was 271 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" />

==History==
The town was named after Newton Ovid, a local resident.<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=45|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=39}}</ref>

==Geography==
Ovid is located at {{coord|40|57|36|N|102|23|20|W|type:city}} (40.959919, -102.388851).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1930= 649
|1940= 687
|1950= 664
|1960= 571
|1970= 463
|1980= 439
|1990= 349
|2000= 330
|2010= 318
|2020= 271
}}
<!--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 330 people, 151 households, and 101 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|2,070.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 178 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,116.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 87.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.82% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.91% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.91% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 7.58% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.52% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.79% of the population.

There were 151 households, out of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 24.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,205, and the median income for a family was $30,000. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $16,042 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,240. About 8.9% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.-->
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==See also==
{{portal|Geography|North America|<!--Northern America-->|United States|Colorado}}
*[[Outline of Colorado]]
**[[Index of Colorado-related articles]]
*[[State of Colorado]]
**[[Colorado cities and towns]]
***[[Colorado municipalities]]
**[[Colorado counties]]
***[[Sedgwick County, Colorado]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.facebook.com/OvidColorado Town of Ovid]
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/OVID.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Ovid]

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