Camp Bird, Colorado

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Camp Bird, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Camp Bird
Camp Bird (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°58′22″N107°43′35″W / 37.9728°N 107.7264°W / 37.9728; -107.7264 (Camp Bird, Colorado) [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Ouray [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Ouray County [2]
Elevation
[1]
9,728 ft (2,965 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code [3]
81427 (Ouray, Colorado)
GNIS pop ID 187260

Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. [4] It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361 (Camp Bird Road).

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History

The town was famous for Camp Bird Mine. [5] The Campbird, Colorado, post office operated from April 28, 1898, until March 15, 1919. [6]

Today it is an unincorporated community with a very small populace. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Camp Bird, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service . Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Camp Bird Maps, Facts, and Features" . Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Camp Bird" . Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  6. ↑ 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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