Acequia, Colorado

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Acequia, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Acequia
Location of Acequia, Colorado.
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Acequia
Acequia (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°31′25″N105°01′41″W / 39.5236°N 105.0280°W / 39.5236; -105.0280 [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Douglas [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Douglas County [2]
Elevation
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5,554 ft (1,693 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID 182621

Acequia is an unincorporated community located in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. [3]

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History

The Acequia, Colorado Territory, post office operated from January 30, 1874, until June 9, 1881, and again from April 22, 1887, until July 14, 1900. [4] [5] Acequia is a Spanish word, taken from Andalusī Arabic "السِّاقِيَة", meaning "canal" or "channel", [6] so the name was likely in reference to the nearby High Line Canal. Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Acequia, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Acequia, Colorado
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. 1999. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. p. 23.
  7. ↑ Ulysses S. Grant (August 1, 1876). "Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved December 24, 2024.


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