title: Snyder, Colorado
text: # Snyder, Colorado
  
  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. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Snyder CDP was 136.
  
  ## History
  
  The town is named after J.W. Snyder (1837-1922), a pioneer rancher.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Snyder is in eastern Morgan County, on the north side of the valley of the South Platte River. It is 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Fort Morgan, the county seat. Colorado State Highway 71 passes through the community, leading south 6 miles (10 km) to Brush and north 67 miles (108 km) to Kimball, Nebraska.
  
  The Snyder CDP has an area of 227 acres (0.917 $km^2),$ all land.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Snyder CDP for the United States Census 2010.
  
  