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Caddoa is an unincorporated community in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Hasty (ZIP Code 81044) now serves Caddoa postal addresses.[2]
Caddoa, Colorado | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 The town in 2013. | |
  Caddoa, Colorado Location within the state of Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°02′52″N 102°57′48″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  State of Colorado |
| County | Bent County |
| Elevation | 3,878 ft (1,182 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | Hasty CO 81044[2] |
A post office called Caddoa was established in 1881, and remained in operation until 1954.[3] The community takes its name from nearby Caddoa Creek.[4]
Caddoa District, from the construction of John Martin Reservoir, moved to Caddoa from the Tucumcari District after the Conchas Project finished.[5]
Geography
Caddoa is located at 38°02′52″N 102°57′48″W (38.047821,-102.963352).
Notable people
- Vena Pointer, Colorado's first female water lawyer and member of the 1933 Caddoa Commission.[6]
- John Wesley Prowers, who operated a stagecoach station at his home in Caddoa.[7]
- James H. Stratton, Brigadier General in the United States Army, who was in charge of the John Martin Reservoir project.[8][9]
See also
Colorado portal
References
- "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
- "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- 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. 12.
- "The History of the Albuquerque District". U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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- "Boggsville". coloradoencyclopedia.org. November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- Cullum 1940, p. 462.
- Hager 2015, p. 2590.
Bibliography
- Cullum, George W. (1940). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York Since Its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VIII 1930–1940. Chicago: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- Hager, Willi H. (2015). Hydraulicians in the USA 1800–2000. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-138-02828-9. OCLC 1055660193.
External links
Media related to Caddoa, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons
Municipalities and communities of Bent County, Colorado, United States | ||
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County seat: Las Animas | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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