Extinct town in Colorado, United States
Adena is an
extinct town located in
Morgan County ,
Colorado , United States. The townsite is located at
40°00′30″N 103°53′12″W / 40.0083°N 103.8866°W / 40.0083; -103.8866 (Adena ) at an elevation of 4,692 feet (1,430 m).
[1]
History
The Adena post office operated from November 8, 1910, until September 15, 1949.
[2]
[3] The community has the name of Edna Adena, a local resident.
[4]
See also
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adena, Colorado
^ 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 .
^
"Place Names of Colorado" (PDF) . Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. 1999. p. 3. Archived from
the original (PDF) on October 27, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2019 .
^ Dawson, John Frank (1954).
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. 5.
External links