Sheridan Lake, Colorado
{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
{{about|the town in Kiowa County, Colorado|the city in Arapahoe County, Colorado|Sheridan, Colorado}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sheridan Lake, Colorado
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Sheridan Lake, Colorado aerial view (2025).jpg
| image_caption = Sheridan Lake (2025)
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| image_map = Kiowa County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sheridan Lake Highlighted 0869700.svg
| map_caption = Location within Kiowa County and Colorado
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| coordinates = {{coord|38|28|0.05|N|102|17|31.67|W|region:US-CO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Colorado
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Kiowa
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| established_title = Founded
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| established_title1 = Platted
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| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 = 1951-06-11{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = November 30, 2007}}
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| leader_title = Mayor
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| area_total_sq_mi = 0.31
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.31
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
| area_total_km2 = 0.80
| area_land_km2 = 0.80
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| unit_pref = Imperial
| elevation_ft = 4072
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_total = 55
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| population_density_sq_mi = auto
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| timezone = MST
| utc_offset = −7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = −6
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code = 81071
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 719
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| blank_info = {{FIPS|08|69700}}
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| blank1_info = 195322 {{cite gnis2|195322|Sheridan Lake, Colorado}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.kcedfonline.org/sheridanlake.htm|Sheridan webpage}}
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Sheridan Lake is a statutory town located in Kiowa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 55 at the 2020 census.
History
The Bee, Colorado, post office opened on August 18, 1887, but was renamed Sheridan Lake on October 27, 1887.{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}} The community was named after Phil Sheridan, a pioneer hunter.{{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=52|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=46}}
Geography
File:Colorado Pacific Railroad in Sheridan Lake, Colorado.png in Sheridan Lake]]
Sheridan Lake is located in eastern Kiowa County at {{coord|38|28|6|N|102|17|35|W|type:city}} (38.468274, -102.293155).{{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}} U.S. Route 385 passes through the town, leading north {{convert|27|mi}} to Cheyenne Wells and south {{convert|28|mi}} to Granada. Colorado State Highway 96 is the town's Main Street and leads west {{convert|28|mi}} to Eads, the Kiowa county seat, and east {{convert|13|mi}} to the Kansas border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of {{convert|0.82|km2|order=flip}}, all of it recorded as land.{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0869700| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sheridan Lake town, Colorado| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 28, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The town is situated just to the north of the site of the small lake for which it was named. Recent aerial photos appear to indicate that the lake is mostly dried-up, with only an alkali lake bed remaining.
The Thunderbird gas station is home to Sheridan Lake's only restaurant. The town also has an auto repair shop and graphic design studio.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|1960= 90
|1970= 86
|1980= 87
|1990= 95
|2000= 66
|2010= 88
|2020= 55
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
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See also
{{portal|Geography|History|United States|Colorado}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.kcedfonline.org/sheridanlake.htm Town of Sheridan Lake]
- [https://www.colorado.gov/ State of Colorado]
- [http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/SHERIDAN%20LAKE.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Sheridan Lake]
- [https://www.historycolorado.org/ History Colorado]
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