Ames, Colorado

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Ames, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Ames
Ames (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°51′53″N107°52′56″W / 37.8647°N 107.8823°W / 37.8647; -107.8823 [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County San Miguel [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body San Miguel County [2]
Elevation
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8,721 ft (2,658 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code 970
GNIS pop ID 184567

Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

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History

Ames is the site of the one of the world's first hydroelectric power plants to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant. [3] The Ames, Colorado, post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ames". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "CHARLES C. BRITTON, An Early Electric Power Facility in Colorado, Colorado Magazine v49n3 Summer 1972, page 185" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  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.


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