Grover, Colorado

Town of Grover, Colorado
Statutory Town
Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Weld
Incorporated (town)	October 6, 1916
Government
• Type	Statutory town
Area
• Total	0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2)
• Land	0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	5,075 ft (1,547 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	137
• Density	274/sq mi (105.4/km2)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code	80729
Area code(s)	970
FIPS code	08-33310
GNIS feature ID	0201968
Highways	none

The Town of Grover is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 137 at the United States Census, 2010.

Geography

Grover is located at (40.868393, -104.226126).

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.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1920	195		—
1930	165		−15.4%
1940	137		−17.0%
1950	146		6.6%
1960	133		−8.9%
1970	121		−9.0%
1980	158		30.6%
1990	135		−14.6%
2000	153		13.3%
2010	137		−10.5%
Est. 2014	145		5.8%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, there were 153 people, 78 households, and 32 families residing in the town. The population density was 304.7 people per square mile (118.1/km²). There were 85 housing units at an average density of 169.3 per square mile (65.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.08% White, 1.96% African American, 1.31% Native American, 0.65% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.96% of the population.

There were 78 households out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.7% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 57.7% were non-families. 52.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 26.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 1.3% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $17,679, and the median income for a family was $18,438. Males had a median income of $21,875 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income for the town was $9,342. About 36.0% of families and 45.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 71.4% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.0% of those sixty five or over.

Allusions in literature

File:Grover Depot.jpg

Grover Depot

• Willa Cather's 1900 short story The Affair at Grover Station contains a description of Grover, as per, 'You know what Grover is, a red box of a station, section house barricaded by coal sheds and a little group of dwellings at the end of everything, with the desert running out on every side to the sky line.'

See also

• Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado cities and towns
    • Colorado municipalities
  • Colorado counties
    • Weld County, Colorado
  • Colorado metropolitan areas
    • Front Range Urban Corridor
    • North Central Colorado Urban Area
    • Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO Combined Statistical Area
    • Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

External links

• Town of Grover contacts
  • CDOT map of the Town of Grover