Cheraw

History

The Cheraw, Colorado, post office opened on August 13, 1910, and the Town of Cheraw was incorporated on April 17, 1917. 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.

Geography

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of including of water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  1,815
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,674
• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,589
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,483
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  1,462
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,402
• Northern Shoveler

  Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,129
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,052

Largest nearby schools

• La Junta Jr/Sr High School
  High · LA JUNTA · 539 students · 18.6:1 ratio
• La Junta Intermediate School
  Elementary · LA JUNTA · 407 students · 13.1:1 ratio
• La Junta Primary School
  Elementary · LA JUNTA · 291 students · 10.8:1 ratio
• Cheraw School
  Other · CHERAW · 227 students · 11.9:1 ratio
• Swink Elementary School
  Elementary · SWINK · 180 students · 11.3:1 ratio
• Swink Junior-Senior High School
  High · SWINK · 134 students · 10.3:1 ratio
• Tiger Trades Academy
  High · LA JUNTA · 118 students · 29.5:1 ratio