Colona, Colorado
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| official_name = Colona, Colorado
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| settlement_type = Census-designated place
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| image_caption = Hotchkiss Avenue in Colona, February 2020
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| map_caption = Location of the Colona CDP in {{nowrap|Ouray County, Colorado.}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}}
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Ouray County
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| government_type = unincorporated community
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1887
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2020}}
| area_total_km2 = 0.157
| area_land_km2 = 0.157
| area_water_km2 = 0.000
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| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Colona_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0815825 |title=Colona CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 13, 2023 |quote=}}
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| population_total = 36
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| timezone = MST
| utc_offset = -7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = -6
| coordinates = {{coord|38|19|39|N|107|46|46|W|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Colona CDP, Colorado|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_ft = 6375
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup|title=Look Up a ZIP Code|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=December 26, 2020}}
| postal_code = Montrose 81401
| area_code = 970
| blank_name = GNIS feature ID
| blank_info = 2583224{{GNIS|2583224}}
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Colona is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Montrose, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Colona CDP was 36 at the time of the United States Census 2020. The Montrose post office {{nowrap|(Zip Code 81401)}} serves the area.
History
The Colona post office was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1943.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO |title=Post offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=25 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120236/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO |archive-date=6 March 2016 |df= }} Colona is a name derived from Spanish meaning "colonist".{{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=20|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=14}}
Geography
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Colona CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2010.}}
{{Historical populations
|title = Colona CDP, Colorado
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|2010|30
|2020|36
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See also
{{stack|{{portal|Colorado}}}}
References
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External links
{{stack|{{commons category|Colona, Colorado}}}}
- {{official website|https://colonacolorado.com}}
- [https://www.historycolorado.org/location/colona-school Colona School @ History Colorado]
- [http://coloradopreservation.org/programs/endangered-places/endangered-places-archives/colona-grangeschool/ Colona School & Grange @ Colorado Preservation]
- [http://www.loghillhistory.com/colona.html Colona History]
- [https://thediggings.com/places/co0912583224 Colona, Colorado Mining Claims And Mines]
- [https://ouraycountyco.gov/ Ouray County website]
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Category:Census-designated places in Ouray County, Colorado