Shawnee, Colorado
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 Entering Shawnee from the east along U.S. Route 285, May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 39°25′12″N 105°33′06″W / 39.42000°N 105.55167°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| State |  Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
| County | Park County[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 8,120 ft (2,470 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) | ||||||||||||||||||
| ZIP code[3] | 80475 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GNIS feature ID | 183232[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Shawnee is an unincorporated community and post office in northern Park County, Colorado, United States, that is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Description[edit]
Shawnee is situated along the North Fork South Platte River, west of Bailey on U.S. Route 285.
Shawnee consists of a general store and post office, and surrounding houses, on the hillside south of the highway overlooking the river valley.
History[edit]
A post office called Shawnee has been in operation since 1900.[5] The community takes its name from nearby Shawnee Peak.[6]
The Shawnee Historic District was added to the NRHP July 8, 2010.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Colorado
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ^ 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. 46.
External links[edit]
Media related to Shawnee, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons
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