Dumont, Colorado | |
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Dumont looking up towards the Divide, April 2014 | |
Coordinates: 39°45′53″N105°36′01″W / 39.7647°N 105.6003°W [1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Clear Creek [2] |
Government | |
• Type | unincorporated community |
• Body | Clear Creek County [2] |
Elevation | 7,933 ft (2,418 m) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP code [3] | 80436 |
Area codes | 303/720/983 |
GNIS place ID | 204707 |
GNIS CDP ID | 2408685 |
FIPS code | 08-21390 |
Dumont is a small unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office situated along Clear Creek in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The Dumont Post Office has the ZIP Code 80436. [3] Dumont is a part of the Downieville-Lawson-Dumont census-designated place.
The Dumont, Colorado, post office opened on May 17, 1880. [4] Dumont is named for John M. Dumont, a mine operator. [5]
Downieville is located in the Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, CO Census Designated Place at coordinates 39°45′53″N105°36′01″W / 39.7647°N 105.6003°W and elevation 7,933 feet (2,418 m). [1]