Model, Colorado

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 [2] and has been in operation since 1912.[3] The community originally was a planned, or "model" community, hence the name.[4]

Model, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Looking south along U.S. Route 350 in Model
Model
Location in Colorado
Model
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°22′22″N 104°14′43″W
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyLas Animas[1]
Elevation5,617 ft (1,712 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]
81059
Area code(s)719
GNIS feature ID0204809

Geography

Model is located at 37°22′22″N 104°14′43″W (37.372886,-104.245319).

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References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  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.
  3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. 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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