Caddoa, Colorado

Caddoa, Colorado
ghost town
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Coordinates: 38°02′52″N102°57′58″W / 38.0478°N 102.9660°W / 38.0478; -102.9660 [1]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Bent
Elevation [1]	3,881 ft (1,183 m)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81044 (Hasty) [2]
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
  • List of ghost towns in Colorado
  • List of post offices in Colorado
• Outline of Colorado

References

1. "Caddoa, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
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. 12.
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. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
6. "The History of the Albuquerque District". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
7. ^[ dead link ‍]
8. "Boggsville". coloradoencyclopedia.org. November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
9. Cullum 1940, p. 462.
10. 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.

External links

• State of Colorado
  • History Colorado