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Welcome to Perigo ...So far, we found very little information about Perigo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Perigo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perigo, please Contact Us. Perigo would have been located within present day Gilpin County<2>. The location of Perigo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Perigo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Perigo is 9,630 feet [2,935 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Perigo is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Perigo was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Perigo would have been located in the (303) & (720)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Perigo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Perigo - it's located in Indiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Perigo. Communities near Perigo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Perigo.
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 Perigo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Perigo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Perigo. 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 Perigo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Perigo. See our Newspapers Page for Perigo. Adding Perigo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Perigo 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 Perigo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Perigo. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Gilpin County: www.co.gilpin.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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