{{Short description|Census-designated place in Morgan County, CO, USA}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Snyder, Colorado |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Census-designated place |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Snyder, Colorado.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Snyder, looking north on Colorado State Highway 71 |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Morgan County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Snyder Highlighted 0871790.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location in {{nowrap|Morgan County, Colorado}} |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = USA |pushpin_label = Snyder |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in the {{nowrap|United&nbsp;States}} |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Morgan County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = <ref name=GR3/> |government_type = unincorporated community |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |unit_pref = US |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Colorado |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_08.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=December 9, 2022}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 0.917 |area_land_km2 = 0.917 |area_water_km2 = 0.000 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0871790&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Snyder CDP, Colorado: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 136 |population_density_km2 = 148.3 |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = MST |utc_offset = -7 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = -6 |coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> |coordinates = {{coord|40.3308246|-103.5919708|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Snyder CDP, Colorado|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=GR3/> |elevation_m = 1274 |elevation_ft = 4180 <!-- Area, postal, and other codes --------> |postal_code_type = ZIP Code<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup|title=Look Up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> |postal_code = 80750 |area_code = 970 |blank_name = GNIS feature<ref name=GR3>{{cite web|url=https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names|title=U.S. Board on Geographic Names: Domestic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref> |blank_info = [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:2583298,Snyder%20Census%20Designated%20Place Snyder CDP] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''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.<ref name=ZIPcode/> As of the 2020 census, the population of the Snyder CDP was 136.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History== The town is named after J.W. Snyder (1837-1922), a pioneer rancher.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=53|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=47}}</ref><ref>Lewis Atherton, The Cattle Kings. Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press 1972.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_58vlaVJUQC|title=The Cattle Kings|last=Atherton|first=Lewis|date=1972-01-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0803257597|language=en}}</ref>

==Geography== Snyder is in eastern Morgan County, on the north side of the valley of the South Platte River. It is {{convert|15|mi}} northeast of Fort Morgan, the county seat. Colorado State Highway 71 passes through the community, leading south {{convert|6|mi|0}} to Brush and north {{convert|67|mi}} to Kimball, Nebraska.

The Snyder CDP has an area of {{convert|0.917|km2|acres|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

==Demographics== The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Snyder CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2010.}} {{Historical populations |title = Snyder CDP, Colorado |type = US |align = left |source = United States Census Bureau |2010|132 |2020|136 }} {{clear}}

==See also== {{portal|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado}} *Outline of Colorado **Index of Colorado-related articles *State of Colorado **Colorado cities and towns ***Colorado census designated places **Colorado counties ***Morgan County, Colorado **Colorado metropolitan areas ***Fort Morgan Micropolitan Statistical Area {{clear}}

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==External links== {{sister project links}} *[https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/snyder/ Snyder @ UncoverColorado.com] *[https://morgancounty.colorado.gov/ Morgan County website] {{Morgan County, Colorado}}

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