Shawnee, Colorado

Shawnee, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Entering Shawnee from the east along U.S. Route 285, May 2010
Entering Shawnee from the east along
U.S. Route 285, May 2010
Shawnee, Colorado is located in Colorado
Shawnee, Colorado
Shawnee, Colorado
Location in of Shawnee in Colorado
Shawnee, Colorado is located in the United States
Shawnee, Colorado
Shawnee, Colorado
Location of Shawnee in the United States
Coordinates: 39°25′12″N 105°33′06″W / 39.42000°N 105.55167°W / 39.42000; -105.55167
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyPark County[1]
Elevation
[2]
8,120 ft (2,470 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[3]
80475
GNIS feature ID183232[2]
Shawnee Historic District
Shawnee Store in 1911
Location56016-56114 Frontage Road; 55919-56278 U.S. Route 285; 31-36 West Shawnee Road; 54-152 Waterworks Road
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No.10000434[4]
Added to NRHPJuly 8, 2010

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

Shawnee is situated along the North Fork South Platte River, west of Bailey on U.S. Route 285.

The historical district of Shawnee consists of Time Capsule Framing & Art, Shawnee Mountain Gallery, a post office, the Shawnee Cemetery, and surrounding houses, on the hillside south of the highway overlooking the river valley.

Shawnee also consists of award winning fly fishing ranches, Ben Tyler Trail, and the subdivisions, Singleton and Belford Heights.

History

Shawnee town and railroad station taken in the 1880s.
Shawnee town and railroad station taken in the 1880s.

A post office named Fairville, Colorado opened on September 13, 1878. The Fairville post office was renamed Slaghts on February 23, 1882, and was then moved a half mile (800 m) and renamed Shawnee on April 19,1900.[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. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Colorado
  3. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. ^ 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.
  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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