Canfield, Colorado
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Boulder County, CO, USA}}
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Canfield is an unincorporated community in Boulder County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.{{GNIS|178599}}
History
The Canfield, Colorado, post office operated from March 28, 1878, until June 15, 1906.{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}} The community was named after Isaac Canfield, a businessman in the local coal mining industry.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=18|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=12}}
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See also
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- Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Front Range Urban Corridor
- List of populated places in Colorado
- List of post offices in Colorado
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External links
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- [https://www.colorado.gov/ State of Colorado]
- [https://www.historycolorado.org/ History Colorado]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Boulder County, Colorado
Category:Unincorporated communities in Colorado
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