Ione, Colorado
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Colorado, U.S.}}
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Ione is an unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.{{GNIS|180792}}
History
A post office called Ione was established in 1927, and remained in operation until 1958.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=5 January 2017}} Tradition states the name "Ione" is a phonetic spelling of "I own (it)", a favorite saying of the original owner of the town site, W. A. Davis.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=73|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=68}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Weld County, Colorado
Category:Unincorporated communities in Colorado
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