Baxter, Colorado
Baxter, Colorado | |
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Looking west along Aldred Road in Baxter. (2023) | |
Baxter Location of Baxter, Colorado. Baxter Baxter (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 38°16′33″N 104°29′30″W / 38.2758°N 104.4916°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Pueblo[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | Pueblo County[1] |
| Elevation | 4,607 ft (1,404 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 203691 |
Baxter is an unincorporated community in Pueblo County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[2]
The community has the name of O.H.P. Baxter, a local settler.[3] Baxter has never had a post office.[4]
See also
- Front Range Urban Corridor
- List of populated places in Colorado
- Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
References
- ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Baxter, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 8.
- ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.