Welcome to Pandora ...

Pandora is located in San Miguel County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pandora, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Pandora is 8,950 feet [2,728 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pandora is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Pandora lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Pandora: (970)

Going back to its beginning, Pandora was originally named Newport. For more information about the names of Pandora, see The Names of Pandora on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Pandora ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pandora - they are located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pandora.

Communities near Pandora ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pandora.

• Mountain Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
  • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <4>
• Ouray
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouray
  • Ouray is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ouray <4>
• Ridgway
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
  • Ridgway is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <4>
• Silverton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Silverton is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <4>
• Ophir
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <4>
• Sawpit
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
  • Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
  • Sawpit has also been known as:
  • Saw Pit
• Alta ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
  • Alta is located in San Miguel County
• Keystone ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Keystone is located in San Miguel County
• Chattanooga ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
  • Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
• Red Mountain ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
  • Red Mountain is located in Ouray County

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 Pandora. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pandora.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pandora. 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 Pandora.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pandora. See our Newspapers Page for Pandora.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pandora ...

Looking for more information about Pandora? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pandora, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pandora.

Adding Pandora to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pandora 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 Pandora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pandora post office opened in 1881.

We also found Pandora in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pandora.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pandora. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Miguel County: www.sanmiguelcounty.org/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/