Caddoa, Colorado
Caddoa, Colorado | |
|---|---|
Caddoa Location of Caddoa Colorado. Caddoa Caddoa (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 38°02′52″N 102°57′58″W / 38.0478°N 102.9660°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Bent |
| Elevation | 3,881 ft (1,183 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-11095 [1] |
| GNIS ID | 195550 [1] |
Caddoa is an extinct town located in Bent County, Colorado, United States.[1] The community took its name from nearby Caddoa Creek.[3]
History
The Caddoa post office operated from November 7, 1881, until March 7, 1958.[4][5] The U.S. Post Office at Hasty (ZIP Code 81044) now serves the Caddoa area.[2]
Caddoa District, from the construction of John Martin Reservoir, moved to Caddoa from the Tucumcari District after the Conchas Project finished.[6]
Notable people
- Vena Pointer, Colorado's first female water lawyer and member of the 1933 Caddoa Commission.[7]
- John Wesley Prowers, who operated a stagecoach station at his home in Caddoa.[8]
- James H. Stratton, Brigadier General in the United States Army, who was in charge of the John Martin Reservoir project.[9][10]
See also
- Bibliography of Colorado
- Geography of Colorado
- History of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- List of Colorado-related lists
- Outline of Colorado
References
- ^ a b c d e "Caddoa, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
- ^ 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. 12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "The History of the Albuquerque District". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Boggsville". coloradoencyclopedia.org. November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ Cullum 1940, p. 462.
- ^ Hager 2015, p. 2590.
Bibliography
- Cullum, George W. (1940). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VIII 1930–1940. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- Hager, Willi H. (2015). Hydraulicians in the USA 1800–2000. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-138-02828-9. OCLC 1055660193.