Yuma, Colorado | |
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Location of the City of Yuma in the United States. | |
Coordinates: 40°7′22″N 102°43′30″W / 40.12278°N 102.72500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Yuma County[2] |
City | Yuma[1] |
Incorporated | March 24, 1887[3] |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.14 sq mi (8.13 km2) |
• Land | 3.10 sq mi (8.03 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2) |
Elevation | 4,144 ft (1,263 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,456 |
• Density | 1,100/sq mi (430/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code[7] | 80759 |
Area code | 970 |
FIPS code | 08-86750 |
GNIS feature ID | 0202920 |
Website | colorado |
Yuma is a home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Yuma County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2020 census.[6]
A post office in Yuma has been in operation since 1885.[8] The community was named after a Native American named Yuma who worked for the railroad, died and was buried near the town site.[9]
On August 8, 2023, a tornado touched down near the town, damaging farms.[10]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1 square mile (2.6 km2), of which 1 square mile (2.6 km2) is land and 0.41% is water. Yuma is 27 miles from the nearest city, Wray.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 241 | — | |
1900 | 139 | −42.3% | |
1910 | 333 | 139.6% | |
1920 | 1,177 | 253.5% | |
1930 | 1,360 | 15.5% | |
1940 | 1,606 | 18.1% | |
1950 | 1,908 | 18.8% | |
1960 | 1,919 | 0.6% | |
1970 | 2,259 | 17.7% | |
1980 | 2,824 | 25.0% | |
1990 | 2,719 | −3.7% | |
2000 | 3,285 | 20.8% | |
2010 | 3,524 | 7.3% | |
2020 | 3,456 | −1.9% |