HASTY, CO

Hasty is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Bent County, Colorado, United States. The Hasty post office has the ZIP code 81044. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Hasty CDP was 144, while the population of the 81044 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 224 including adjacent areas.

History

The Hasty post office has been in operation since 1910. The community was named after Lon Hasty, a pioneer settler.

Geography

Hasty is located in northeast Bent County at (38.112410,-102.957344), just north of the dam for John Martin Reservoir on the Arkansas River. U.S. Highway 50 passes through the community, leading west to Las Animas, the county seat, and east to Lamar.

The Hasty CDP has an area of , including of water.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the