{"id":899,"date":"2023-01-29T00:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T00:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=899"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:18","slug":"prowers-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/prowers-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Prowers County, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prowers County is a county in Colorado, United States, on the Arkansas River in the far eastern part of the state near the Kansas line. It had a population of 11,999 at the 2020 census and covers 1,644 square miles (4,258 km2), of which 1,638 square miles are land and 5.9 square miles are water, centred near 37\u00b058\u2032N 102\u00b024\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Lamar is the county seat, and its postal code is 81052. The county has one city, three incorporated towns, and four unincorporated communities. It lies in the Mountain Time Zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Prowers County<\/h2>\n

Prowers County’s settled places split into one city, three incorporated towns, and several unincorporated communities and rural place names. Colorado has no civil townships, so the table below omits that column. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community or place name with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Lamar<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n7,804<\/td>\n81052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Granada<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n531<\/td>\n81041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holly<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n746<\/td>\n81047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wiley<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n424<\/td>\n81092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bristol<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hartman<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81043<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Koen<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n81047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several names from older county lists — Beta, Channing, Culp, Goodale, Grote, Karl, Kornman, May Valley, Parrish, Sugar, and West Farm — are historic rail-siding or homestead place names with no surviving population figures or confirmed current use; they are omitted here pending verification rather than published as active communities.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n