Cahone, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 37°39′39″N 108°48′01″W / 37.66083°N 108.80028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | State of Colorado |
County | Dolores County |
Established | About 1912 [1] |
Elevation | 6,680 ft (2,036 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( MST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 ( MDT) |
ZIP Code | 81320
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Cahone is an unincorporated village in western Dolores County, Colorado, United States, about 9 miles southeast of Dove Creek straddling U.S. Highway 491. There is a post office there, and a large bean farm with storage and processing facility, and also a small bar and grill; but no grocery or automobile service facilities or tourist lodgings, or other businesses or services.
The Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997. [4] The town of Cahone was established about 1912. [1] The town was named by Bert Ballenger, later the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box. [1] The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916. [5]
Cahone, Colorado | |
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Coordinates: 37°39′39″N 108°48′01″W / 37.66083°N 108.80028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | State of Colorado |
County | Dolores County |
Established | About 1912 [1] |
Elevation | 6,680 ft (2,036 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( MST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 ( MDT) |
ZIP Code | 81320
[3] |
Cahone is an unincorporated village in western Dolores County, Colorado, United States, about 9 miles southeast of Dove Creek straddling U.S. Highway 491. There is a post office there, and a large bean farm with storage and processing facility, and also a small bar and grill; but no grocery or automobile service facilities or tourist lodgings, or other businesses or services.
The Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997. [4] The town of Cahone was established about 1912. [1] The town was named by Bert Ballenger, later the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box. [1] The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916. [5]