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Welcome to Horseshoe ...So far, we found very little information about Horseshoe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Horseshoe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Horseshoe, please Contact Us. Horseshoe would have been located within present day Park County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Horseshoe, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Horseshoe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. While the community is gone, the present day location for Horseshoe is 10,550 feet [3,216 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Horseshoe is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Horseshoe was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Horseshoe ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Horseshoe - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Horseshoe. Communities near Horseshoe ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Horseshoe.
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 Horseshoe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Horseshoe. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Horseshoe. 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 Horseshoe. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Horseshoe. See our Newspapers Page for Horseshoe. Adding Horseshoe to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Horseshoe 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 Horseshoe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Horseshoe. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Park County: www.parkco.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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