Brandon, Colorado#History

{{short description|A census-designated place in Kiowa County, Colorado, United States}}

{{infobox settlement

|name = Brandon, Colorado

|settlement_type = census-designated place

|image_skyline = Brandon, Colorado.JPG

|image_caption = Brandon (2015)

|image_map = Kiowa County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Brandon Highlighted 0808290.svg

|map_caption = Location within Kiowa County and Colorado

|image_map1 =

|map_caption1 =

|pushpin_map = USA#USA Colorado

|pushpin_relief =

|pushpin_label = Brandon

|pushpin_label_position = left

|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Brandon, Colorado.

|coordinates = {{coord|38.4464|-102.4396|type:city_region:US-CO_source:GNIS-195319|name=Brandon, Colorado|display=it}}

|coordinates_footnotes = {{cite gnis|id=195319|name=Brandon, Colorado|access-date=January 30, 2025}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Colorado

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Kiowa{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicCounties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=January 30, 2025}}

|government_type = unincorporated community

|governing_body = Kiowa County

|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1887{{cite book |last=Eichler |first= Geo. R. |title=Colorado Place Names |location=Boulder, Colo. |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |year=1977 |lccn=77-89726}}{{cite web | url = http://www.kcedf.org/Kiowa%20Cnty%20Fact%20Book.doc | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061023130311/http://www.kcedf.org/Kiowa%2BCnty%2BFact%2BBook.doc | archivedate = 2006-10-23 | title = KIOWA COUNTY: THE HIGH PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO | format = MS Word | accessdate = 2007-09-30 | url-status=dead | df = }}

|established_title1 = Platted

|established_date1 =

|named_for =

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 22, 2020}}

|area_total_km2 = 0.304

|area_land_km2 = 0.304

|area_water_km2 = 0.000

|unit_pref = US

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 3924

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Brandon_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0808290 |title=Brandon CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 15, 2023 |quote=}}

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_total = 21

|pop_est_footnotes =

|pop_est_as_of =

|population_est =

|population_density_sq_mi = auto

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = −07:00

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = −06:00

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup|title=Look Up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=December 22, 2020}}

|postal_code = 81071

|area_code_type = Area code

|area_code = 719

|blank_name = GNIS pop ID

|blank_info = {{GNIS 4|195319}}

|blank1_name = GNIS CDP ID

|blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|2583215}}

|blank2_name = FIPS code

|blank2_info = {{FIPS|08|08290}}

|website =

}}

Brandon is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Kiowa County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Brandon CDP was 21 at the United States Census 2020.