Baxter, Colorado

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Baxter
Baxter (Colorado)
Coordinates: 38°16′33″N104°29′30″W / 38.2758°N 104.4916°W / 38.2758; -104.4916 [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Pueblo [2]
Government
  Type unincorporated community
  Body Pueblo County [2]
Elevation
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4,607 ft (1,404 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID 203691

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Pueblo County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. [1]

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The community has the name of O.H.P. Baxter, a local settler. [3] Baxter has never had a post office. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Baxter, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  3. 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. 8.
  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.