Antero Junction, Colorado | |
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 Looking north along U.S. Route 285; U.S. Route 24 is on the right, July 2020 | |
  Antero Junction Location of Antero Junction, Colorado.  Antero Junction Antero Junction (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 38°55′24″N 105°57′55″W / 38.9233°N 105.9653°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Park[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | [1] |
| Elevation | 9,187 ft (2,800 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS pop ID | 191088 |
Antero Junction is an extinct town located in Park County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at coordinates 38°55′24″N 105°57′55″W / 38.9233°N 105.9653°W at an elevation of 9,187 feet (2,800 meters).[3] Antero Junction is located at the junction of U.S. Route 285 and U.S. Route 24.[4][5]
The community takes its name from Mount Antero and the highway junction.[6] Antero Junction never had a post office.[7]
See also
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- Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Front Range Urban Corridor
- List of ghost towns in Colorado
- South Park
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ a b "Antero Junction, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Antero Junction
- ^ "Antero Junction Populated Place Profile / Park County, Colorado Data".
- ^ "Antero Junction, Colorado 80449" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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