Shawnee, Colorado

Unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado, United States

Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States

39°25′12″N 105°33′06″W / 39.42000°N 105.55167°W / 39.42000; -105.55167Country

United StatesState

ColoradoCountyPark County^[1]Elevation

^[2]

8,120 ft (2,470 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code^[3]

80475

GNIS feature ID183232^[2]

United States historic place


Shawnee Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Shanee Store in 1911
Location	56016-56114 Frontage Road; 55919-56278 U.S. Route 285; 31-36 West Shawnee Road; 54-152 Waterworks Road
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	10000434^[4]
Added to NRHP	July 8, 2010

Shawnee is an unincorporated community and post office in northern Park County, Colorado, United States, that is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Description

Shawnee consists of a general store and post office, and surrounding houses, on the hillside south of the highway overlooking the river valley.

A post office called Shawnee has been in operation since 1900.^[5] The community takes its name from nearby Shawnee Peak.^[6]

The Shawnee Historic District was added to the NRHP July 8, 2010.

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shawnee, Colorado
^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 9, 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. 46.

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Municipalities and communities of Park County, Colorado, United States

County seat: Fairplay

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