Cahone, Colorado

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Cahone, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Entering Cahone from the south on U.S. Highway 491
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Cahone
Cahone (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°39′32″N108°48′28″W / 37.6589°N 108.8079°W / 37.6589; -108.8079 (Cahone, Colorado) [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Dolores [2]
EstablishedAbout 1912 [3]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Dolores County [2]
Elevation
[1]
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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cahone, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Eichler, Geo. R. (1977). Colorado Place Names. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company. LCCN   77-89726.
  4. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ National Register of Historic Places in Dolores County, Colorado American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-7.
  6. ↑ 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.
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