Hesperus, Colorado

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Hesperus, Colorado
Unincorporated community
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Hesperus
Coordinates: 37°17′10″N108°02′22″W / 37.28611°N 108.03944°W / 37.28611; -108.03944
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado
Counties La Plata [1]
Elevation
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8,091 ft (2,466 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]
81326
Area code 970
GNIS feature ID179135 [1]

Hesperus is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The Hesperus Post Office has the ZIP Code 81326. [2]

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A post office called Hesperus has been in operation since 1891. [3] The community takes its name from nearby Hesperus Mountain. [4]

Hesperus Baptist Church

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Hesperus Baptist Church

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hesperus, Colorado
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 28, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 27, 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. 26.

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