Bijou Basin, Colorado

Extinct town

39°8′8.16″N 104°27′24.84″W / 39.1356000°N 104.4569000°W / 39.1356000; -104.4569000Elevation

1,950 m (6,400 ft)

Bijou Basin is an extinct town located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at 39°08′08″N 104°27′25″W / 39.1356°N 104.4569°W / 39.1356; -104.4569 (Bijou Basin) at an elevation of 6,398 feet (1,950 m). Travelers could take post road 49 to the settlement.^[1] It was located five miles southeast of another early settlement, Sidney.^[2]

History

The Bijou Basin post office operated from April 8, 1869, until March 30, 1907.^[3]

References

^ George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 72.
^ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Denver Public Library. p. 68. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
^ 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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