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Welcome to Mirage ...So far, we found very little information about Mirage. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mirage to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mirage, please Contact Us. Mirage would have been located within present day Saguache County<2>. The location of Mirage has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mirage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Mirage is 7,660 feet [2,335 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Mirage is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Mirage was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Mirage would have been located in the (719) area code. Communities Also Named Mirage ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Mirage: This one is located in Saguache County and the other is located in Lincoln County. Beyond Colorado, there are 7 communities that are also named Mirage - they are located in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mirage. Communities near Mirage ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mirage.
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 Mirage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mirage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mirage. 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 Mirage. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mirage. See our Newspapers Page for Mirage. Adding Mirage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mirage 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 Mirage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mirage. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Saguache County: www.slv.org/saguachecounty/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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