Hayden, Colorado
| Town of Hayden, Colorado | |
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| Home Rule Municipality | |
Jefferson Avenue (U.S. Route 40) in Hayden.
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 Location in Routt County and the state of Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 40°29′34″N 107°15′19″W / 40.49278°N 107.25528°WCoordinates: 40°29′34″N 107°15′19″W / 40.49278°N 107.25528°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Colorado
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| County | Routt |
| Established | 1894 |
| Incorporated (town) | May 5, 1906 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home Rule Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.5 sq mi (6.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.5 sq mi (6.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,434 ft (1,961 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,810 |
| • Density | 653.6/sq mi (255.3/km2) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 81639 |
| Area code(s) | 970 |
| FIPS code | 08-35070 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0201992 |
| Website | Town of Hayden |
The Town of Hayden is a Home Rule Municipality in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,634 at the 2000 census. The town sits along U.S. Highway 40 in the Yampa River Valley between Craig and Steamboat Springs. Hayden is located near the Yampa Valley Regional Airport, which has seasonal passenger jet airline service during the winter ski season nonstop to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul and New York Newark, with year-round passenger air service to Denver. The airport's close proximity to Hayden is reflected by its three letter identifying code: HDN. Hayden is one of the smallest communities in the U.S. to have mainline passenger jet service provided by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines on a scheduled basis, if only during the winter months when the ski season is underway in nearby Steamboat Springs.
The Ute people used the area for summer hunting before the town was settled. Trappers worked in the area in the early 1800s.
The area was first settled in 1875, with the town established in 1894 and incorporated in 1906. Hayden was named for F.V. Hayden, head of a survey party for the U.S. Geological & Geographic Survey in the late 1860s. Hayden explored western Colorado during the late nineteenth century.
Historically a center of coal mining and agriculture, it consists today of a small cluster of homes and businesses.
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