Colorado Gazetteer Namaqua Station ~ Nyburg Station

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.

Namaqua; station in Larimer County on Colorado and Southern Railway.

Namouna; town in Cheyenne County on Union Pacific Railroad; altitude, 4,143 feet.

Nantes; station in Weld County on Union Pacific Railroad; altitude, 4,755 feet. (Greeley)

Naomi; village in Summit County.

Narraquinep; creek in Dolores County, a left-hand branch of Dolores River.

Narraquinep; hill in Dolores County; altitude, 8,141 feet.

Narrow Grade; creek in Gunnison County, a left-hand branch of Lake Fork Gunnison River. (Lake City)

Nast; village in Pitkin County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 9,061 feet.

Nate; creek in Ouray County, a left-hand branch of Low Creek, tributary to Cow Creek. (Ouray)

Nathrop; post village in Chaffee County, on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado and Southern railways; altitude, 7,686 feet.

Naturita; creek in Montrose County, a left-hand branch of San Miguel River.

Naturita; post village in Montrose County.

Navajo Basin; valley in San Miguel County. (Telluride)

Navesink; peak in Elkhead Mountains; altitude, 9,510 feet.

Naylor; lake in Clear Creek County; altitude, 11,348 feet. (Georgetown)

Nebo, Mount; in San Juan Mountains, San Juan County; altitude, 13,192 feet. (Needle Mountains)

Nederland; post village in Boulder County; altitude, 8,263 feet.

Needle; buttes in Jefferson County. (Platte Canyon)

Needle; creek in La Plata County, a left-hand branch of Animas River. (Needle Mountains)

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

Needle; mountains, group of San Juan Mountains, San Juan and La Plata counties Needle Mountains.

Needleton; post village in La Plata County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 8,127 feet. (Needle Mountains)

Neff; lake in Weld County Greeley.

Nellie; creek in Hinsdale County, a left-hand branch of Henson Creek. (Lake City)

Nemo; station in Pueblo County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 5,675 feet.

Nepesta; post village in Pueblo County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 4,384 feet. (Nepesta)

Neptune; creek in La Plata County, a left-hand branch of La Plata River. (La Plata)

Nero; hill in Otero County; altitude, 4,610 feet.

Neuman; lake in Weld County. (Greeley)

Nevada; gulch in Gilpin County, tributary to North Clear Creek. (Central City Special)

Nevada; hill in Gilpin County. (Central City Special)

Nevadaville; town in Gilpin County; population in 1900, 823. (Central City Special)

New Castle; post village in Garfield County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 431; altitude, 5,552 feet.

Newdale; station in Otero County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

Newett; post village in Chaffee County, on the Colorado Midland and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads; altitude, 9,135 feet,

Newlin; creek in Douglas County, a left-hand branch of Cherry Creek, tributary to South Platte River. (Denver)

Newmire; post village in San Miguel County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Railroad name, Wilson. (Telluride)

Newton; post village in Yuma County.

New Windsor; post village in Weld County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 4,796 feet. Railroad name, Windsor Greeley.

New York Basin; valley in La Plata County. (Needle Mountains)

Niagara; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Animas River. (Silverton)

Niagara; peak in San Juan Mountains on boundary between Hinsdale and San Juan counties. (Silverton)

Nichols; station in Huerfano County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Nigger Hill; station in Garfield County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. (Central City Special)

Night Hawk; station in Douglas County on Colorado and Southern Railway.

Nipple; mountain in Fremont County; altitude, 10,068 feet. (Pikes Peak)

Niwot; post village in Boulder County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 5,100 feet. (Niwot)

Noland; village in Boulder County.

Noonans; peak in Fremont County. (Canyon City)

Norma; village in Rio Grande County.

Norrie; post village in Pitkin County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 8,431 feet.

North; canyon in Baca County, tributary to Cimarron River. (Springfield)

North; creek, a left-hand branch of St. Charles River. (Pueblo)

North Baldy; summit in Costilla County.

North Beaver; creek in Gunnison County, aright-hand branch of Gunnison River.

North Boulder; creek in Boulder County, a left-hand branch of Boulder Creek, tributary to St. Vrain Creek. (Boulder)

North Boxelder; creek in Larimer County, a left-hand branch of Boxelder Creek, tributary to Cache La Poudre River.

North Butte; creek in Prowers County, fork of Butte Creek, tributary to Arkansas River. (Albany)

North Cheyenne; creek in El Paso County, fork of Cheyenne Creek, tributary to Fountain Creek. (Colorado Springs)

North Cheyenne; station in El Paso County on Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.

North Clear; creek in Jefferson and Gilpin counties, a left-hand branch of Clear Creek, tributary to South Platte River. (Blackhawk, Central City Special)

North Fork Gunnison; river in Delta and Gunnison counties, a right-hand branch of Gunnison River; discharge, near Hotchkiss for 1904, 360,100 acre-feet.

North Fort Morgan; station in Morgan County on Union Pacific Railroad.

North Italian; mountain in Elk Mountains, Gunnison County; altitude, 13,225 feet. (Crested Butte)

North Mam; creek, a left-hand branch of Grand River.

North Mam; summit on Battlement Mesa, Garfield County, altitude, 10,973 feet.

North Park; level mountain valley in the northern part of the State, drained northward by North Platte River; average altitude, 8,000 feet.

North Platte; river in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, one of the two forks of Platte River heads in North Park, flows nearly north to its junction with the Sweetwater in Wyoming, then turns somewhat south of east, and after a long course joins the South Platte in western Nebraska near the city of North Platte; discharge at Saratoga, Wyoming, January 1 to December 10, 1904, 936,800 acre-feet.

North Rattlesnake; butte in Huerfano County; altitude, 6,442 feet. (Apishapa)

Northrop; station in Boulder County on Union Pacific Railroad.

North Rush; creek, a left-hand branch of Rush Creek, tributary through Big Sandy Creek to Arkansas River.

North St. Vrain; creek in Boulder County, a left-hand branch of St. Vrain Creek, tributary to South Platte River. (Boulder)

North Sheep; mountain on boundary between Summit and Eagle counties; altitude, 12,439 feet. (Tenmile District Special)

North Star; post village in Gunnison County.

North Table Mountain; volcanic mesa near Golden, Jefferson County; altitude, 6,650 feet. (Denver)

North Tarryall; peak in Park County.

North Veta; creek in Huerfano County, a left-hand branch of Cuchara River, tributary to Huerfano River. (Huerfano Park)

Norton; post village in Elbert County.

Norwood; post village in San Miguel County.

Notaway; station in San Juan County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

No Thoroughfare; creek in Mesa County, a left-hand branch of Uncompahgre River.

Nourse; creek in Hinsdale County, a left-hand branch of Lake Fork Gunnison River. (Lake City)

Nucla; post village in Montrose County.

Nugget; village in Gilpin County.

Nugget; hill in Boulder County; altitude, 8,589 feet. (Boulder)

Numa; station in Otero County on Missouri Pacific Railway; altitude, 4,325 feet. (Catlin)

Nunn; station in Weld County on Union Pacific Railroad; altitude, 5,188 feet. Nussbaum; spring in Pueblo County. (Pueblo)

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

Nyburg; station in Pueblo County on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railways; altitude, 4,548 feet. (Nepesta)

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.

Colorado Gazetteer