Caddoa, Colorado

Caddoa, Colorado
Ghost town
View of Caddoa
View of Caddoa
Caddoa is located in the United States
Caddoa
Caddoa
Location of Caddoa, Colorado.
Caddoa is located in Colorado
Caddoa
Caddoa
Caddoa (Colorado)
Coordinates: 38°02′52″N 102°57′58″W / 38.04778°N 102.96611°W / 38.04778; -102.96611
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyBent
Elevation
3,881 ft (1,183 m)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
81044 (Hasty)
Area code719
GNIS ID195550
FIPS code08-11095

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

History

The Caddoa post office operated from November 7, 1881, until March 7, 1958. The U.S. Post Office at Hasty (ZIP Code 81044) now serves the Caddoa area.

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

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caddoa, Colorado
  2. 1 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.

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