Fort Lyon, Colorado

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Fort Lyon, Colorado
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°05′48″N103°09′07″W / 38.09667°N 103.15194°W / 38.09667; -103.15194
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
Counties Bent [1]
Elevation
[1]
3,888 ft (1,185 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]
81054
Area code 719

Fort Lyon is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The Fort Lyon Post Office had the ZIP Code 81038, though the zip code for nearby Las Animas (81054) is also used. [2]

Contents

A post office called Fort Lyon was established in 1862. [3] The community was named after Nathaniel Lyon, an officer in the American Civil War. [4]

History

Some German prisoners of war were buried at Fort Lyon and built furniture and worked on local roads. [5]

The ghost town of Sheridan, in Logan County, Kansas, became a railhead for westbound freight to the Santa Fe Trail on a 120-mile (190 km) wagon road to the area. [6]

Geography

Fort Lyon is located at 38°05′48″N103°09′07″W / 38.09667°N 103.15194°W / 38.09667; -103.15194 (38.096741,-103.152008).

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Fort Lyon has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. [7]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. 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. 22.
  5. ↑ Lloyd, R. Scott, "Wreath-laying honors WWI German prisoners buried at Fort Douglas", Deseret News, November 14, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Travel the Trail: Map Timeline 1866-1873". Santa Fe National Historic Trail. National Park Service. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  7. ↑ Climate Summary for Fort Lyon, Colorado
  8. ↑ Virginia - Google Books. January 5, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2012– via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Henry, Guy V., "Enoch Steen", Military Record of Army and Civilian Appointments in the United States Army (Volume II), D. Van Nostrand Publisher, New York, New York, 1873, p. 193.
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  11. ↑ "Assistant Surgeon W. D. McCaw". Kansas City Times . Kansas City, MO. November 28, 1884. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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  13. ↑ Sides, 2006, pp. 482–483
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