Colorado Gazetteer Abby ~ Anthracite

Colorado is situated about midway the country north and south, and about two thirds of the distance from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. On the north are Wyoming and Nebraska, on the east Nebraska and Kansas, on the south New Mexico, and Utah on the west. The State is a quadrilateral in shape, its north and south boundaries being respectively the forty-first and thirty-seventh parallels of latitude.

Abbey; post village in Pueblo County. (Pueblo)

Abbeyville; village in Gunnison County; altitude, 9,806 feet.

Abbott; post village in Washington County.

Aberdeen; village in Gunnison County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,938 feet.

Aberdeen Junction; station in Gunnison County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 7,540 feet.

Aboroto; creek in Hinsdale County, a right-hand branch of Rio Piedra, tributary to San Juan River.

Abrams; mountain in San Juan Mountains on boundary between Ouray and San Juan counties. (Silverton)

Acequia; station in Douglas County on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railways; altitude, 5,516 feet. (Denver)

Acme; station in Las Animas County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 6,314 feet.

Ada Spring; village in Larimer County; altitude, 9,279 feet.

Adair; station in Las Animas County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 5, 754 feet Elmoro.

Adair; summit in Las Animas County; altitude, 5,968 feet Elmoro.

Adamans; gulch in Jefferson and Park counties, tributary to South Platte River Pikes Peak.

Adams; village in Larimer County.

Adams County in the northeastern part of the State; bounded on the north by Weld and Morgan counties, on the east by Washington County, on the south by Arapahoe County, and on the west by Jefferson and Boulder counties. The surface consists of rolling plains and is traversed by many dry water courses. The area is 1,253 square miles, of which a considerable area in the western portion is under cultivation where the Union Pacific Railroad and the Burlington Route cross the county. As this county has been formed since 1900 from Arapahoe County, it is impossible to give its population or percentage of cultivated area. The county seat is Brighton, a town of about 366 inhabitants, while the next town in size is Harris, which had, in 1900, a population of 127. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 12° 45' east. The mean annual rainfall is about 15 inches, and the mean annual temperature 45° to 50°.

Adana; station in Prowers County on Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 3,474 feet Granada.

Adelaide; station in Fremont County on Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad; altitude, 6,938 feet Pikes Peak.

Adobe; buttes in Delta County.

Adobe; creek in Fremont County, a left-hand branch of Hardscrabble Creek, tributary to Arkansas River Canyon City.

Adobe; creek in Lincoln County, a left-hand branch of Arkansas River. (Arroyo, Las Animas)

Adobe; station in Fremont County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. (Canyon City)

Afley; peak in Gunnison County. (Anthracite)

Agate; creek, a right-hand branch of South Platte River.

Agate; post village in Elbert County on Union Pacific Railroad altitude, 5,457 feet. (Limon)

Agency; peak in Saguache County; altitude, 12,274 feet.

Agency Park; valley in Rio Blanco County on White River, in which was formerly located the White River Indian Agency, now the town of Meeker; altitude, 6,491 feet.

Aguilar; post city in Las Animas County on a spur of Colorado and Southern Railway; population in 1900, 698. (Spanish Peaks)

Ajax; village in Teller County on Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad.

Akin; station in Mesa County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Akron; post town and county seat of Washington County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; population in 1900, 351; altitude, 4,669 feet.

Alamosa; post town in Conejos County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 1,141; altitude, 7,536 feet.

Alamosa; creek, a right-hand branch of Rio Grande.

Albano; post village in El Paso County.

Albany; gulch in Ouray County, tributary to Red Mountain Creek. (Silverton)

Albany; post village in Prowers County. (Albany)

Albany; village in Ouray County.

Alcott; village in Denver County.

Alden; creek in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of Tomichi Creek, tributary to Gunnison River.

Alder; creek, a right-hand branch of San Miguel River.

Alder; post village in Saguache County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude 8,677 feet. Railroad name, Round Hill.

Alfalfa; post village in Las Animas County.

Alford; post village in Larimer County.

Alicante; station in Lake County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 11,160 feet.

Alice; post village in Clear Creek County.

Alkali; arroyo in Las Animas County, a right-hand branch of Purgatory River.

Alkali; creek in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of Taylor River, tributary to Gunnison River.

Alkali; creek in Gunnison County, a left-hand branch of Cow Creek, tributary to Uncompahgre River. (Ouray)

Alkali; creek in Montrose County, a left-hand branch of Smiths Fork.

Alkali; gulch in La Plata County, tributary to Cherry Creek. (La Plata)

Alkali; gulch in Montezuma County, tributary to McElmo Creek.

Alkali; lake in Park County.

Alkali; springs in Las Animas County.

Allen; creek, a right-hand branch of Tarryall Creek.

Allen Park; post village in Boulder County.

Allenton; station in Eagle County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,134 feet. Post-office, Edwards.

Allison; post village in La Plata Comity.

Alma; post village in Park County on Colorado and Southern Railway; population in 1900, 297; altitude, 10,238 feet Leadville.

Almont; post village in Gunnison County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 8,031 feet.

Alnwick; village in Teller County. (Pikes Peak)

Alpine; gulch in Hinsdale County, tributary to Henson Creek. (Lake City)

Alpine; pass over Sawatch Range, between Chaffee and Gunnison counties.

Alpine; peak in Front Range in Clear Creek County; altitude, 11,525 feet. (Georgetown)

Alpine; plateau in Gunnison County sloping northward from the summits of San Juan Mountains toward the Gunnison River. (Lake City)

Alpine; station in Chaffee County on Colorado and Southern Railway.

Alpine; tunnel in Gunnison County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 11,006 feet.

Alps; hill in Gilpin County, (Central City Special)

Alps; mountain in Clear Creek County; altitude, 10,508 feet. (Georgetown)

Alps Junction; station in Lake County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 11,328 feet.

Alta Basin; cirque in Silver Mountain, San Miguel County. (Telluride)

AltaVista; station in Teller County on Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad; altitude, 9,703 feet.

Altman; post town in Teller County on Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad; population in 1900, 659; altitude, 10,786 feet. (Pikes Peak)

Altman; pass between Chaffee and Gunnison counties.

Altona; post village in Boulder County Boulder.

Altruria; station in Park County on Colorado and Southern Railway.

Altura; station in Archuleta County on .Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

American Basin.; valley in Hinsdale County. (Silverton)

American Flat; valley in Hinsdale County. (Silverton)

Americus; station in Chaffee County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 8,174 feet.

Ames; post village in San Miguel County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 8,678 feet. (Telluride)

Amethyst; post village in Mineral County on Denver a Grande Railroad; incorporated as Creedetown.

Amherst; station in Phillips County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 3,685 feet.

Amherst; mountain in La Plata County. (Needle Mountains)

Amity; post village in Prowers County on Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 3,416 feet.

Amo; post village in El Paso County.

Anaconda; post village in Teller County on the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District, the Florence and Cripple Creek, and the Midland Terminal railways; population in 1900, 1,059; altitude, 9,453 feet. (Pikes Peak)

Anchor; mountain in Dolores County; altitude, 12,092 feet. (Rico)

Anchoria; station in Teller County on Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.

Anderson; canyon in Otero County tributary to Purgatory River (Timpas)

Anderson; creek in Montrose and San Miguel counties, a right-hand branch of San Miguel River.

Anderson; station in San Miguel County on Rio Grande Southern Railroad; altitude, 8,128 feet.

Angora; post village in Rio Blanco County.

Animas; river in La Plata County, a right-hand branch of San Juan River, flowing southward into New Mexico; discharge at Durango, July 17 to December 7, 1904, 266,900 acre-feet.

Animas; town in La Plata County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 154; altitude, 6,540 feet. (Durango)

Animas City; mountain in La Plata County. (Durango)

Animas Forks; post village in San Juan County.

Animas Park; valley of Animas River in the southern spurs of San Juan Mountains.

Anita; peak of Park Range, Routt County; altitude, 10,661 feet.

Anstees; station in Jefferson County on the Burlington and Missouri River and the Colorado and Southern railways.

Antelope; creek in Baca County, a right-hand branch off Vilas. Horse Creek. (Vilas, Albany)

Antelope; creek in Bent County, a left-hand fork of Mud Creek, tributary to Arkansas River. (Two Butte)

Antelope; creek in Custer County, a right-hand branch of Grape Creek, tributary to Arkansas River. (Canyon City)

Antelope; creek in Grand County, a left-hand branch of Muddy Creek, tributary to Grand River.

Antelope; creek in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of Gunnison River.

Antelope; creek in Morgan County, a left-hand branch of South Platte River.

Antelope; hill in Weld County. (Greeley)

Antelope; mesa in Otero County; altitude, 4,858 feet. (Catlin)

Antelope; springs in Mineral County.

Antelope; springs in Otero County; altitude, 4,734 feet. (Catlin)

Antelope Park; open valley in Mineral and Hinsdale counties, in San Juan Mountains, on Rio Grande.

Antero, Mount; in Chaffee County; altitude, 14,245 feet.

Anthracite; creek in Gunnison county, aright-hand branch of North Fork Gunnison River. (Anthracite)

Anthracite; mesa in Gunnison County.

Anthracite; post village in Routt County.

Anthracite; range in Gunnison County. (Anthracite)

Anthracite; station in Gunnison County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Source: United States Geological Survey, by Henry Gannett, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey of Colorado, Charles D. Walcott. Director, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906.

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