Hayden, Colorado#History

The Ute people used the area for summer hunting before the town was settled. Trappers worked in the area in the early 1800s.{{cite web|url=http://yampavalley.info/centers/history_%2526_genealogy|title=History & Genealogy|publisher=www.YampaValley.infoePodunk|accessdate=July 14, 2012|archive-date=March 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307042908/http://www.yampavalley.info/centers/history_%2526_genealogy|url-status=dead}}

The area was first settled in 1875, with the town established in 1894 and incorporated in 1906.{{cite web| url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Hayden-Colorado.html|title=Hayden, Colorado |publisher=City-Data.com|accessdate=July 13, 2012}} Hayden was named for F.V. Hayden, head of a survey party for the U.S. Geological & Geographic Survey in the late 1860s.{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9513|title=Profile for Hayden, Colorado, CO|publisher=ePodunk|accessdate=July 14, 2012|archive-date=February 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209202311/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9513|url-status=dead}} Hayden explored western Colorado during the late nineteenth century.

The Denver and Salt Lake Railway reached Hayden by 1916, and the rail line continues on today as part of the Union Pacific Railroad.{{cite web|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#15/40.4923/-107.3454|title=TopoView|access-date=September 5, 2021}}

Historically a center of coal mining and agriculture, it consists today of a small cluster of homes and businesses.

File:Hayden CO 1942.jpg

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At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of {{convert|8.490|km2|acre|order=flip}}, all of it land.

The Town of Hayden has a Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with warm summers, cold winters with heavy snow, and equal precipitation year-round. The frost-free growing season is short, averaging 107 days.

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|location = Hayden, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1909–present

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 60

|Feb record high F = 61

|Mar record high F = 75

|Apr record high F = 84

|May record high F = 92

|Jun record high F = 100

|Jul record high F = 102

|Aug record high F = 98

|Sep record high F = 94

|Oct record high F = 83

|Nov record high F = 74

|Dec record high F = 66

|Jan avg record high F = 43.8

|Feb avg record high F = 48.5

|Mar avg record high F = 63.1

|Apr avg record high F = 74.1

|May avg record high F = 82.5

|Jun avg record high F = 89.6

|Jul avg record high F = 92.8

|Aug avg record high F = 90.9

|Sep avg record high F = 86.4

|Oct avg record high F = 77.4

|Nov avg record high F = 64.5

|Dec avg record high F = 47.5

|year avg record high F = 93.4

|Jan high F = 30.1

|Feb high F = 35.0

|Mar high F = 47.2

|Apr high F = 58.2

|May high F = 68.5

|Jun high F = 79.4

|Jul high F = 85.8

|Aug high F = 83.5

|Sep high F = 75.3

|Oct high F = 61.6

|Nov high F = 45.4

|Dec high F = 31.3

|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 19.1

|Feb mean F = 23.5

|Mar mean F = 34.2

|Apr mean F = 43.5

|May mean F = 52.5

|Jun mean F = 61.2

|Jul mean F = 67.8

|Aug mean F = 66.0

|Sep mean F = 57.9

|Oct mean F = 45.7

|Nov mean F = 32.5

|Dec mean F = 20.4

|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 8.1

|Feb low F = 12.1

|Mar low F = 21.2

|Apr low F = 28.8

|May low F = 36.4

|Jun low F = 43.0

|Jul low F = 49.8

|Aug low F = 48.6

|Sep low F = 40.4

|Oct low F = 29.7

|Nov low F = 19.7

|Dec low F = 9.5

|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -13.8

|Feb avg record low F = -8.8

|Mar avg record low F = 2.6

|Apr avg record low F = 14.9

|May avg record low F = 25.1

|Jun avg record low F = 32.9

|Jul avg record low F = 41.2

|Aug avg record low F = 39.7

|Sep avg record low F = 27.9

|Oct avg record low F = 14.2

|Nov avg record low F = -0.2

|Dec avg record low F = -11.4

|year avg record low F = -18.6

|Jan record low F = -45

|Feb record low F = -44

|Mar record low F = -25

|Apr record low F = -5

|May record low F = 15

|Jun record low F = 21

|Jul record low F = 27

|Aug record low F = 28

|Sep record low F = 7

|Oct record low F = -10

|Nov record low F = -27

|Dec record low F = -41

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 1.80

|Feb precipitation inch = 1.44

|Mar precipitation inch = 1.38

|Apr precipitation inch = 2.15

|May precipitation inch = 1.83

|Jun precipitation inch = 1.06

|Jul precipitation inch = 1.09

|Aug precipitation inch = 1.27

|Sep precipitation inch = 1.67

|Oct precipitation inch = 1.57

|Nov precipitation inch = 1.49

|Dec precipitation inch = 1.66

|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 12.0

|Feb precipitation days = 10.7

|Mar precipitation days = 9.8

|Apr precipitation days = 11.4

|May precipitation days = 11.0

|Jun precipitation days = 7.0

|Jul precipitation days = 8.2

|Aug precipitation days = 8.7

|Sep precipitation days = 9.0

|Oct precipitation days = 8.4

|Nov precipitation days = 9.1

|Dec precipitation days = 11.0

|Jan snow inch = 26.3

|Feb snow inch = 17.9

|Mar snow inch = 12.6

|Apr snow inch = 10.0

|May snow inch = 1.4

|Jun snow inch = 0.1

|Jul snow inch = 0.0

|Aug snow inch = 0.0

|Sep snow inch = 0.2

|Oct snow inch = 5.0

|Nov snow inch = 15.7

|Dec snow inch = 23.8

|year snow inch = 113.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in

|Jan snow days = 11.7

|Feb snow days = 9.4

|Mar snow days = 6.9

|Apr snow days = 4.7

|May snow days = 1.0

|Jun snow days = 0.2

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.1

|Oct snow days = 2.4

|Nov snow days = 7.2

|Dec snow days = 10.9

|Jan snow depth inch = 19.9

|Feb snow depth inch = 21.5

|Mar snow depth inch = 16.9

|Apr snow depth inch = 5.0

|May snow depth inch = 0.5

|Jun snow depth inch = 0.0

|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0

|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0

|Sep snow depth inch = 0.0

|Oct snow depth inch = 1.9

|Nov snow depth inch = 6.4

|Dec snow depth inch = 13.2

|year snow depth inch = 22.9

|source 1 = NOAA

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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Hayden, CO

|access-date = November 8, 2022

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|source 2 = National Weather Service

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|publisher = National Weather Service

|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Grand Junction

|access-date = November 8, 2022

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{{US Census population

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|1910= 314

|1920= 455

|1930= 554

|1940= 640

|1950= 767

|1960= 764

|1970= 763

|1980= 1720

|1990= 1444

|2000= 1634

|2010= 1810

|2020= 1941

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census

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As of the census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}} of 2000, there were 1,634 people, 618 households, and 443 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|664.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 658 housing units at an average density of {{convert|267.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 96.02% White, 0.12% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.96% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.69% of the population.

There were 618 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.3% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,147, and the median income for a family was $45,962. Males had a median income of $38,150 versus $23,359 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,574. About 5.4% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

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• Earl Bascom (1906-1995) - Hollywood actor, artist, sculptor, inventor, rodeo pioneer who lived and cowboyed in Hayden in the 1930s.
• Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939) - painter of the Old American West, known for his "moonlight painting" technique, who worked on the Lazy 7 Ranch of Hayden.

{{portal|Colorado}}

• Steamboat Springs-Craig, CO Combined Statistical Area
• Steamboat Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area

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• [https://www.haydencolorado.com/ Town of Hayden website]
• [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Hayden.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Hayden]

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