Laird, Colorado

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Laird, Colorado

|settlement_type = Census Designated Place

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|image_map = Yuma County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Laird Highlighted 0842000.svg

|map_caption = Location within Yuma County and Colorado

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Colorado

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Yuma

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|established_title = Founded

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|area_total_km2 = 0.389

|area_land_km2 = 0.389

|area_water_km2 = 0.000

|unit_pref = Imperial

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 3406

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Laird_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0842000 |title=Laird CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 11, 2023 |quote=}}

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_total = 46

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|population_density_sq_mi = auto

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|timezone1 = MST

|utc_offset1 = −7

|timezone1_DST = MDT

|utc_offset1_DST = −6

|postal_code_type = ZIP Code

|postal_code = 80758{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/80758|title=Zip Code 80758 Map and Profile|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2020|access-date=December 28, 2020}}

|area_code_type = Area code

|area_code = 970

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = {{FIPS|08|42000}}

|blank1_name = GNIS ID

|blank1_info = 2583256 {{cite gnis2|2583256|Laird, Colorado}}

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Laird is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) in Yuma County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Laird CDP was 46 at the United States Census 2020.

History

Laird has the name of James Laird, a Nebraska legislator.{{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=36|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=30}} "Laird" is the Scots language word for a "lord".

The Laird post office began operation in 1887.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 June 2016}} The Wray post office {{nowrap|(Zip Code 80758)}} serves Laird postal addresses.

Geography

The Laird CDP has an area of {{convert|0.389|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, all land.

Laird has the lowest elevation of any community in Colorado at {{convert|3402|ft}}.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Laird CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2010.}}

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|2010= 47

|2020= 46

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See also

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