Tiger, Colorado

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Tiger
Mining ghost town
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Tiger
Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 39°31′22″N105°57′44″W / 39.52278°N 105.96222°W / 39.52278; -105.96222
Country United States
State Colorado
County Summit
Elevation
9,669 ft (2,947 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
80424 [1]
GNIS feature ID203919 [2]

Tiger is an extinct town in Summit County, Colorado, United States.

A post office called Tiger was established in 1919, and remained in operation until 1940. [3] The community took its name from the Royal Tiger Mines Company. [4] The town site was destroyed before 1995 by the Forest Service in order to be used as a snowmobile track. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tiger, (historical) in Summit County CO". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tiger, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. March 1, 1995. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 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. 49.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tiger (historical)


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