Map of Cheraw town, Colorado

The Town of Cheraw is a Statutory Town located in Otero County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 237 at the 2020 United States Census.

Cheraw town overview:
Name:	Cheraw town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Colorado
County:	Otero County
Incorporated:	April 17, 1917
Elevation:	4,131 ft (1,259 m)
Total Area:	0.183 sq mi (0.474 km²)
Land Area:	0.180 sq mi (0.467 km²)
Water Area:	0.003 sq mi (0.007 km²)
Total Population:	237
Population Density:	1,314/sq mi (507/km²)
ZIP code:	81030
Area code:	719
FIPS code:	0813460

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History

In 1917, Cheraw was the smallest town in the world with a regimental band. Cheraw had a population of 80, half of whom were men serving in the Colorado National Guard Second Regiment Band under the leadership of Sergeant Luther D. Armstrong, attached to the regiment of General Cameron and the 115th Ammunition Train commanded by Colonel Danks.

In 1920, the U.S. census of the town of Cheraw reported a population of 186 in 49 households within the town limits. Fewer than ten of the town’s adults had been born in Colorado; most were from the Midwest. The largest demographic group, 15 percent of the population, were resident aliens who had immigrated from Mexico within the previous decade.

The men’s occupations in 1920 included blacksmith, salesman, publisher, lumberyard manager, retail merchant, laborer, wagon driver, bank cashier, barber, physician, druggist, teacher, minister, carpenter, farmer and farm laborers, alfalfa mill manager and laborers, bank bookkeeper, railroad depot operator, [illegible] at pool hall, railroad laborer, and auto mechanic. Women were employed at paying occupations as saleslady, teacher, manager of the telephone exchange, postal workers, and postmistress. The census taker was also a woman.