Parlin, Colorado
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Gunnison County
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|established_date = 1877
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|timezone = MST
|utc_offset = -7
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|utc_offset_DST = -6
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|elevation_ft = 7933
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|postal_code = 81239
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Parlin is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The Parlin Post Office has the ZIP Code 81239.{{cite web |date=January 2, 2007 |url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=JavaScript/HTML |publisher=United States Postal Service |accessdate=2007-01-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122200027/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archivedate=November 22, 2010 }}
History
The town is named after rancher John Tufts Parlin who moved to the area from Maine in 1876. The Parlin ranch was called the 76 ranch and cattle were all branded with the numbers "76". County Road 76 is named after the ranch. The local hot springs, Waunita Hot Springs is named after Parlin's niece, Waunita.posted by Great-great granddaughter of John Parlin{{cite book|title=History of the State of Colorado, Embracing Accounts of the Pre-historic Races and Their Remains: The Earliest Spanish, French and American Explorations ... the First American Settlements Founded; the Original Discoveries of Gold in the Rocky Mountains; the Development of Cities and Towns, with the Various Phases of Industrial and Political Transition, from 1858 to 1890 ...|author1=Hall, F.|author2=Rocky Mountain Historical Company|date=1895|publisher=Blakely print. Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NoMUAAAAYAAJ|page=546|accessdate=2014-11-23}}
Climate
Climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. The Köppen Climate Classification sub-type for this climate is "Dfc" (Continental Subarctic Climate).
{{Weather box
|location =Parlin, Colorado
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|collapsed = Yes
|Jan high F = 28
|Feb high F = 33
|Mar high F = 43
|Apr high F = 54
|May high F = 65
|Jun high F = 76
|Jul high F = 81
|Aug high F = 79
|Sep high F = 72
|Oct high F = 61
|Nov high F = 45
|Dec high F = 31
|year high F = 56
|Jan low F = -5
|Feb low F = 0
|Mar low F = 12
|Apr low F = 21
|May low F = 29
|Jun low F = 35
|Jul low F = 42
|Aug low F = 41
|Sep low F = 32
|Oct low F = 22
|Nov low F = 11
|Dec low F = -1
|year low F = 20
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.7
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.6
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.7
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.8
|May precipitation inch = 0.9
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.7
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.6
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.8
|Sep precipitation inch = 1
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.8
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.6
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.8
|year precipitation inch = 11
|Jan precipitation days = 6
|Feb precipitation days = 6
|Mar precipitation days = 6
|Apr precipitation days = 6
|May precipitation days = 6
|Jun precipitation days = 5
|Jul precipitation days = 9
|Aug precipitation days = 10
|Sep precipitation days = 6
|Oct precipitation days = 5
|Nov precipitation days = 5
|Dec precipitation days = 6
|year precipitation days = 76
{{cite web
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Retrieved on August 3, 2013.
|date=August 2013
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See also
References
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{{Gunnison County, Colorado}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Gunnison County, Colorado
Category:Unincorporated communities in Colorado
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