Allison is an unincorporated community on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.[1]
Allison, Colorado | |
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 County Road 329 and the Allison Community Presbyterian Church, August 2019 | |
  Allison  Allison | |
| Coordinates: 37°01′28″N 107°29′17″W / 37.02444°N 107.48806°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Counties | La Plata[1] |
| Elevation | 6,217 ft (1,895 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Area code | 970 |
| GNIS feature ID | 204734[1] |
Description
editA post office called Allison was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1954.[2] The community was named after Allison Stocker, a government surveyor.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allison, Colorado
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ 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. 6.
External links
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