Editing Ramah, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
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|map_caption              = Location of Ramah in El Paso County, Colorado.
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|established_date2        = July 18, 1927<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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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 111
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|postal_code              = 80832
|area_code                = [[Area code 719|719]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 08-62660
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|website                  = {{URL|https://ramah.colorado.gov/}}
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'''Ramah''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|eɪ|m|ə}} is a [[Colorado municipalities#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] in [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The population was 111 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" /> According to tradition, the name is derived from India.<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=49|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=43}}</ref>

==History==
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The area was first settled in a place called Old Zounds, which was 27 miles southeast of Kiowa. The post office, called O.Z. because the applicant just used the initials, existed until at least 1881. The post office was moved from Old Zounds to nearby Ramah in 1889.<ref name="Place names">{{cite web|url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/Place_Names_of_Colorado.pdf|title=Place Names of Colorado|publisher=Denver Public Library|accessdate=July 19, 2018|pages=467, 516}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://legacy.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/Researchers/ColoradoMagazine_v19n3_May1942.pdf|title=Place Names in Colorado (O)|magazine=Colorado Magazine|volume=19|number=3|date=May 1942|accessdate=July 20, 2018 }}</ref>

Ramah began as a small railroading town along the [[Rock Island Railroad]] in the late 1800s. It was incorporated on July 18, 1927. During its peak, it was home to several hundred residents. Eventually, by the mid-1900s, the railroad was shut down, and Ramah suffered, since the railroad connected it to Colorado Springs, forty miles to the southwest. Despite its decline, Ramah continues to exist, with ranching as the mainstay of its economy.

==Geography==

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
||align=left
|1930= 171
|1940= 186
|1950= 142
|1960= 109
|1970= 101
|1980= 119
|1990= 94
|2000= 117
|2010= 123
|2020= 111
|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 117 people, 50 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|473.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 65 housing units at an average density of {{convert|262.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 86.32% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.85% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.85% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.71% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 10.26% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 8.55% of the population.

There were 50 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 36.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $29,250, and the median income for a family was $48,000. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $21,667 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,465. There were no families and 2.4% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.-->
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==See also==
{{portal|Colorado}}
*[[Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://ramah.colorado.gov/}}
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Ramah.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Ramah]

{{El Paso County, Colorado}}
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[[Category:Towns in El Paso County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]