Caddoa, Colorado

Caddoa, Colorado
ghost town
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Coordinates: 38°02′52″N102°57′58″W / 38.0478°N 102.9660°W / 38.0478; -102.9660 [1]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Bent
Elevation [1]	3,881 ft (1,183 m)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81044 (Hasty) [2]
Area code	719
FIPS code	08-11095 [1]
GNIS ID	195550 [1]

Caddoa is an extinct town located in Bent County, Colorado, United States. ^[1] The community took its name from nearby Caddoa Creek. ^[3]

History

The Caddoa post office operated from November 7, 1881, until March 7, 1958. ^{[4] [5]} The U.S. Post Office at Hasty (ZIP Code 81044) now serves the Caddoa area. ^[2]

Caddoa District, from the construction of John Martin Reservoir, moved to Caddoa from the Tucumcari District after the Conchas Project finished. ^[6]

Notable people

• Vena Pointer, Colorado's first female water lawyer and member of the 1933 Caddoa Commission. ^[7]
• John Wesley Prowers, who operated a stagecoach station at his home in Caddoa. ^[8]
• James H. Stratton, Brigadier General in the United States Army, who was in charge of the John Martin Reservoir project. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
  • List of ghost towns in Colorado
  • List of post offices in Colorado
• Outline of Colorado

References

1. "Caddoa, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
3. Dawson, John Frank (1954). 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. 12.
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. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
6. "The History of the Albuquerque District". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
7. ^[ dead link ]
8. "Boggsville". coloradoencyclopedia.org. November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
9. Cullum 1940, p. 462.
10. Hager 2015, p. 2590.

Bibliography

• Cullum, George W. (1940). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VIII 1930–1940. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
• Hager, Willi H. (2015). Hydraulicians in the USA 1800–2000. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN   978-1-138-02828-9. OCLC   1055660193.

External links

• State of Colorado
  • History Colorado