Eckert, Colorado

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Eckert, Colorado
Neighborhood
Eckert is located in Colorado
Eckert
Eckert
Coordinates: 38°50′34″N 107°57′41″W / 38.84278°N 107.96139°W / 38.84278; -107.96139Coordinates: 38°50′34″N 107°57′41″W / 38.84278°N 107.96139°W / 38.84278; -107.96139
Country United States
State Colorado
CountiesDelta[1]
Elevation
[1]
5,568 ft (1,697 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]
81418
Area code(s)970
HighwaysColorado 65.svg SH 65

Eckert is a former unincorporated community, now a neighborhood within the boundaries of the incorporated town of Orchard City in Delta County, Colorado, United States. There is a U.S. Post Office in Eckert, the ZIP Code for which is 81418.[2]

A post office called Eckert has been in operation since 1891.[3] The community was named after Isadora "Dora" Eckert States,[4] the wife of Charles Adelbert States, the first postmaster.[5] [6]

Geography[]

Eckert is located at

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38°50′34″N 107°57′41″W / 38.84278°N 107.96139°W / 38.84278; -107.96139 (38.842649,-107.961273).

References[]

  1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 23, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
  3. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ Dora States "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVR-3R1G : 13 September 2020), Dora States; Burial, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States of America, Cedar Creek Cemetery; citing record ID 27511583, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  5. ^ 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. 19.
  6. ^ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 14; Archive Publication #: M841 Accessed via Ancestry.com 18 August 2021.
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