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Welcome to Briggsdale ...Briggsdale is located in Weld County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Briggsdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910. From Place Names in Colorado,<2> the origin of Briggsdale is described as "Named for Frank Briggs, the founder of the town." Briggsdale is 4,860 feet [1,481 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Briggsdale is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Briggsdale lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Briggsdale: (970) The ZIP code for Briggsdale: 80611<4> Communities Also Named Briggsdale ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Briggsdale - it's located in Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Briggsdale. Communities near Briggsdale ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Briggsdale.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Briggsdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Briggsdale. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Briggsdale. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briggsdale. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Briggsdale. See our Newspapers Page for Briggsdale. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briggsdale ...Looking for more information about Briggsdale? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Briggsdale, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Briggsdale. Adding Briggsdale to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Briggsdale in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Briggsdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Briggsdale mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924). For more details, see References and Mentions for Briggsdale. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Briggsdale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Weld County: www.co.weld.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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