Cahone is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Cahone Post Office is 81320.[3]

Cahone, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Entering Cahone from the south on U.S. Highway 491
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Coordinates: 37°39′39″N 108°48′01″W
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
County	Dolores County
Established	About 1912[1]
Elevation [2]	6,680 ft (2,036 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81320[3]

History

The town of Cahone was established about 1912.[1] The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916.[4] The town was named by Bert Ballenger, the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box.[1]

The Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.[5]

See also

• Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado cities and towns
  • Colorado counties
    • Dolores County, Colorado
• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• Prehistoric sites of Colorado

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External links

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