Bountiful, Colorado
Bountiful, Colorado | |
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Entering from the south along Highway 285. | |
Bountiful Location of Bountiful, Colorado. Bountiful Bountiful (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 37°13′45″N 105°58′37″W / 37.2292°N 105.9770°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Conejos[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | Conejos County[1] |
| Elevation | 7,645 ft (2,330 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 192987 |
Bountiful is an unincorporated community in Conejos County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[3]
The community is on the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad, between Romeo to the south and La Jara to the north.[4]
The name Bountiful most likely is Mormon in origin.[5] Bountiful has never had a post office.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "Bountiful, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bountiful, Colorado
- ^ Manassa, Colorado, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967
- ^ 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. 10.
- ^ 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.
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