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Hesperus, Colorado

Unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado, United States

Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States

37°17′12″N 108°02′21″W / 37.28667°N 108.03917°W / 37.28667; -108.03917Country

United StatesState

ColoradoCounties La Plata^[1]Elevation

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8,091 ft (2,466 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code^[2]

81326

Area code970

Hesperus is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The Hesperus Post Office has the ZIP Code 81326.^[2]

A post office called Hesperus has been in operation since 1891.^[3] The community takes its name from nearby Hesperus Mountain.^[4]

Geography

Hesperus is located at 37°17′12″N 108°02′21″W / 37.28667°N 108.03917°W / 37.28667; -108.03917 (37.286619,-108.039036).

Hesperus Baptist Church

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 28, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
^ Dawson, John Frank. 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. 26.