Adena,_Colorado

Adena, Colorado

Adena, Colorado

Extinct town in Colorado, United States

Adena is an extinct town located in Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at 40.0083°N 103.8866°W / 40.0083; -103.8866 (Adena) at an elevation of 4,692 feet (1,430 m).[1]

Quick Facts Country, State ...

History

The Adena post office operated from November 8, 1910, until September 15, 1949.[2][3] The community has the name of Edna Adena, a local resident.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adena, Colorado
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. 1999. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. [4]
    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. 5.
Stub icon

This Colorado state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This United States ghost town-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Adena,_Colorado, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.