Trinchera, Colorado

Trinchera, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Trinchera viewed from a hill just west of town
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Coordinates: 37°02′34″N104°02′51″W / 37.04278°N 104.04750°W / 37.04278; -104.04750
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Las Animas County [1]
Elevation [1]	1,765 m (5,791 ft)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]	81081
Area code	719
GNIS feature ID	0204814

Trinchera is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The Trinchera Post Office has the ZIP Code 81081. ^[2]

A post office called Trinchera has been in operation since 1889. ^[3] Trinchera is a name derived from Spanish meaning "trench". ^[4]

Geography

Trinchera is located at 37°02′34″N104°02′51″W / 37.04278°N 104.04750°W / 37.04278; -104.04750 (37.042847,-104.047565).

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
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.