Cahone, Colorado
Cahone, Colorado | |
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Entering Cahone from the south on U.S. Highway 491 | |
Cahone Location of Cahone, Colorado. Cahone Cahone (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 37°39′32″N 108°48′28″W / 37.6589°N 108.8079°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Dolores[1] |
| Established | About 1912[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | Dolores County[1] |
| Elevation | 6,680 ft (2,040 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[4] | 81320 |
| GNIS pop ID | 176613 |
Cahone is an unincorporated village in western Dolores County, Colorado, United States, about 9 miles southeast of Dove Creek straddling U.S. Highway 491. There is a post office there, and a large bean farm with storage and processing facility, and also a small bar and grill; but no grocery or automobile service facilities or tourist lodgings, or other businesses or services.
History
The Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.[5] The town of Cahone was established about 1912.[3] The town was named by Bert Ballenger, later the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box.[3] The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "Cahone, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ a b c Eichler, Geo. R. (1977). Colorado Place Names. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company. LCCN 77-89726.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places in Dolores County, Colorado American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-7.
- ^ Bauer, William H.; James L. Ozment; John H. Willard (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989. The Colorado Railroad Museum. ISBN 0-918654-42-4. LCCN 90-034759.