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Cahone, Colorado

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Dolores County

Time zone
  
MST (UTC-7)

Elevation
  
2,036 m

State
  
State of Colorado

Established
  
About 1912

ZIP Code
  
81320

Local time
  
Sunday 10:50 PM

Cahone, Colorado

Weather
  
4°C, Wind S at 35 km/h, 50% Humidity

Cahone is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Cahone Post Office is 81320.

Contents

Map of Cahone, CO 81320, USA

History

The town of Cahone was established about 1912. The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916. The town was named by Bert Ballenger, the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajon in Spanish, meaning little box.

Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the AD 1000-1499 period and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.

References

Cahone, Colorado Wikipedia