Antero Junction, Colorado

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Looking north along Highway 285. Highway 24 is on the right

Antero Junction is a ghost town in Park County, Colorado. The elevation of Antero Junction is 9,186 feet (2,800 meters).[1] Antero Junction is along U.S. Highway 285 and U.S. Highway 24.[2]

The community takes its name from Mount Antero.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Antero Junction". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ "Antero Junction Populated Place Profile / Park County, Colorado Data".
  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. 6.
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