Eads, Colorado
| Eads, Colorado | |
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| Statutory Town | |
Eads from the west on State Highway 96.
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 Location within Kiowa County and Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 38°28′53″N 102°46′47″W / 38.481346°N 102.779776°WCoordinates: 38°28′53″N 102°46′47″W / 38.481346°N 102.779776°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 State of Colorado
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| County | Kiowa County Seat |
| Established | 1887 |
| Incorporated (town) | January 29, 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Statutory town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,219 ft (1,286 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 609 |
| • Density | 1,494/sq mi (622.5/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 81036 |
| Area code(s) | 719 |
| INCITS place code | 0822145 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204823 |
| Website | Town of Eads |
Eads is the Statutory Town that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Kiowa County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 609 according to the 2010 census.
Eads has been the Kiowa County Seat since 1901. Eads was established in 1887 as a railroad town and was named after James Buchanan Eads, a structural engineer with the Missouri Pacific Railroad, who designed and built the Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis in 1874. The original name of Eads was Dayton.
Eads is located at 38°28′50″N 102°46′51″W / 38.48056°N 102.78083°W (38.480465, −102.780763). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 747 people, 320 households, and 193 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,579.7 people per square mile (613.7/km²). There were 389 housing units at an average density of 822.6 per square mile (319.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.85% White, 0.67% African American, 0.80% Native American, 1.47% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.95% of the population.
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