Official Name: | Snyder, Colorado |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA |
Pushpin Label: | Snyder |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Morgan County |
Government Type: | unincorporated community |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.917 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.917 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 136 |
Population Density Km2: | 148.3 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 40.3308°N -103.592°W |
Elevation M: | 1274 |
Elevation Ft: | 4180 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[3] |
Postal Code: | 80750 |
Area Code: | 970 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature[4] |
Blank Info: | Snyder CDP |
Snyder is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Snyder post office has the ZIP Code 80750.[3] As of the 2020 census, the population of the Snyder CDP was 136.[2]
The town is named after J.W. Snyder (1837-1922), a pioneer rancher.[5] [6] [7]
Snyder is in eastern Morgan County, on the north side of the valley of the South Platte River. It is northeast of Fort Morgan, the county seat. Colorado State Highway 71 passes through the community, leading south 6miles to Brush and north to Kimball, Nebraska.
The Snyder CDP has an area of 0.917km2, all land.[1]
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the