Editing Paoli, Colorado

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

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|image_skyline            = Paoli, Colorado.JPG
|image_caption            = Entering Paoli from the west on [[U.S. Route 6 in Colorado|U.S. Route 6]] (2013)
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|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = Phillips County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Paoli Highlighted 0857245.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Phillips County, Colorado|Phillips County]] and [[Colorado]]
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<!-- Location -->
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|40|36|44|N|102|28|22|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        = [[Phillips County, Colorado|Phillips]]<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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|subdivision_name3        =

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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         =
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = August 6, 1930<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 = November 30, 2007}}</ref>
|named_for                = [[Pasquale Paoli]]

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|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          =
|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         = 0.30
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.30
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|area_total_km2           = 0.77
|area_land_km2            = 0.77
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|unit_pref                = Imperial

<!-- Elevation -->
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 3895

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Paoli_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0857245 |title=Paoli town; Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 21, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 51
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_est           =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto

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|timezone1                = [[Mountain Time Zone|MST]]
|utc_offset1              = −7
|timezone1_DST            = MDT
|utc_offset1_DST          = −6
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code              = 80746 ([[PO Box]])<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 = December 2, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080101160345/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | archivedate = January 1, 2008 }}</ref>
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 970|970]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|08|57245}} <ref name=gnis/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 182821 <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis2|182821|Paoli, Colorado}}</ref>
|website                  =
}}

'''Paoli''' is a [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory town|statutory town]] in [[Phillips County, Colorado]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>  As of the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]], its population was 51.<ref name="Census 2020" />

==Description==
A post office called Paoli has been in operation since 1888.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 6, 2016}}</ref>  The community was named after [[Paoli, Pennsylvania]].<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==
Paoli is located at {{coord|40|36|44|N|102|28|22|W|type:city}} (40.612120, -102.472868).<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|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1940= 85
|1950= 91
|1960= 81
|1970= 52
|1980= 81
|1990= 29
|2000= 42
|2010= 34
|2020= 51
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
}}
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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 17 people, 19 households, and 12 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|138.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 24 housing units at an average density of {{convert|79.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White.

There were 19 households, out of which 4 had children under the age of 18 living with them, 10 were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 1 had a female householder with no husband present, and 7 were non-families. 6 were made up of individuals, and 2 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 14.3% from 25 to 44, 35.7% from 45 to 64, and 28.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 121.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $22,917 versus $40,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,947. There were 30.0% of families and 18.6% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.-->
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==See also==
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* [[List of municipalities in Colorado]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Paoli, Colorado}}
* [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/PAOLI.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Paoli]

{{Phillips County, Colorado}}
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[[Category:Towns in Phillips County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]