Paoli, Colorado

Town in Phillips County, Colorado, United States

Town in Colorado, United States

40°36′44″N 102°28′22″W / 40.61222°N 102.47278°W / 40.61222; -102.47278Country

United StatesState

ColoradoCounty^[1]PhillipsIncorporated1930-08-06^[2]Named forPasquale PaoliGovernment

• TypeStatutory Town^[1]Area

^[3]

• Total0.30 sq mi (0.77 km²) • Land0.30 sq mi (0.77 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

^[4]

3,888 ft (1,185 m)Population

(2020)^[5]

• Total51 • Density170/sq mi (66/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code^[6]

80746 (PO Box)

Area code970 FIPS code08-57245GNIS feature ID0182821

Fifth least populous Colorado municipality

Paoli is a Statutory Town in Phillips County, Colorado, United States. The population was 51 according to the 2020 census.^[5]

Description

A post office called Paoli has been in operation since 1888.^[7] The community was named after Paoli, Pennsylvania.^[8]

Paoli is located at 40°36′44″N 102°28′22″W / 40.61222°N 102.47278°W / 40.61222; -102.47278 (40.612120, -102.472868).^[9]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²), all of it land.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1940	85	—
1950	91	7.1%
1960	81	−11.0%
1970	52	−35.8%
1980	81	55.8%
1990	29	−64.2%
2000	42	44.8%
2010	34	−19.0%
2020	51	50.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

^ ^a ^b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b United States Census Bureau. "Paoli town; Colorado". Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on January 1, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 39.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.