Ames, Colorado
Ames, Colorado | |
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 Ames and the Ilium Valley | |
  Ames Location of Ames, Colorado.  Ames Ames (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 37°51′53″N 107°52′56″W / 37.8647°N 107.8823°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | San Miguel[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | San Miguel County[1] |
| Elevation | 8,721 ft (2,658 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area code | 970 |
| GNIS pop ID | 184567 |
Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
History
[edit]Ames is the site of one of the world's first hydroelectric power plants to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.[3] The Ames, Colorado, post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922.[4]
See also
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- Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- List of populated places in Colorado
- List of post offices in Colorado
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ a b "Ames". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "CHARLES C. BRITTON, An Early Electric Power Facility in Colorado, Colorado Magazine v49n3 Summer 1972, page 185" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
- ^ 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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