Model, Colorado
Model, Colorado | |
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 Looking south along U.S. Route 350 in Model | |
  Model Location in Colorado  Model Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°22′20″N 104°14′42″W / 37.37222°N 104.24500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Las Animas[1] |
| Elevation | 5,617 ft (1,712 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[3] | 81059 |
| Area code | 719 |
| GNIS feature ID | 204809[2] |
Model is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The Model Post Office has the ZIP Code 81059 [3] and has been in operation since 1912.[4] The community originally was a planned, or "model" community, hence the name.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Model". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Model, Colorado
- 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. June 27, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on January 1, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 1, 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. 35.
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