Caddoa, Colorado

Caddoa, Colorado
Caddoa, Colorado
Unincorporated community
	Caddoa town in 2013.
	Caddoa, Colorado Location within the state of Colorado
	Coordinates: 38°02′52″N 102°57′58″W / 38.0478°N 102.9660°W
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
County	Bent County
Elevation	3,881 ft (1,183 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	Hasty CO 81044

Caddoa is an extinct town located in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The community takes its name from nearby Caddoa Creek.^[3]

History edit

The Caddoa post office operated from November 7, 1881, until March 7, 1958.^[4]^[5] The U.S. Post Office at Hasty (ZIP Code 81044) now serves Caddoa postal addresses.^[2]

Caddoa District, from the construction of John Martin Reservoir, moved to Caddoa from the Tucumcari District after the Conchas Project finished.^[6]

Notable people edit

Vena Pointer, Colorado's first female water lawyer and member of the 1933 Caddoa Commission.^[7]
John Wesley Prowers, who operated a stagecoach station at his home in Caddoa.^[8]
James H. Stratton, Brigadier General in the United States Army, who was in charge of the John Martin Reservoir project.^[9]^[10]

References edit

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. September 12, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
^ "The History of the Albuquerque District". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
^ [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ "Boggsville". coloradoencyclopedia.org. November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
^ Cullum 1940, p. 462.
^ Hager 2015, p. 2590.

Bibliography edit

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 October 6, 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 edit

State of Colorado
- History Colorado

[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. September 12, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[ZIPcode-2] "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.

[3] 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.

[CPO-4] 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.

[5] "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

[6] "The History of the Albuquerque District". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

[colostate.edu-7] [1] ^{[dead link]}

[CE_-_Boggsville-8] "Boggsville". coloradoencyclopedia.org. November 5, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

[FOOTNOTECullum1940462-9] Cullum 1940, p. 462.

[FOOTNOTEHager20152590-10] Hager 2015, p. 2590.

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