Tiffany, Colorado

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Tiffany, Colorado
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County Road 321 in Tiffany, August 3029.
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Tiffany (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°01′58″N107°32′17″W / 37.0328°N 107.5381°W / 37.0328; -107.5381 (Tiffany, Colorado) [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County La Plata County [2]
Tribe Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Government
  Type unincorporated community
  Body La Plata County [2]
Elevation
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6,342 ft (1,933 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code [3]
Ignacio 81137
Area code 970
GNIS pop ID 184493

Tiffany is an unincorporated community on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. [1] Tiffany is part of the Durango, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Ignacio, Colorado, post office (ZIP Code 81137) now serves Tiffany.

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History

The Tiffany, Colorado, post office operated from December 3, 1907, until November 30, 1954. [4] The community was named after Ed Tiffany, a pioneer settler. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tiffany, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  3. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  4. 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.
  5. 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. 49.