Shawnee,_Colorado

Shawnee, Colorado

Shawnee, Colorado

Unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado, United States

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).

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Description

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

Shawnee town and railroad station taken in the 1880s.

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

References

  1. [1]
    "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Colorado
  3. [3]
    "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  4. [4]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  6. [6]
    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.

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