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Welcome to Ackmen ...

So far, we found very little information about Ackmen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ackmen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ackmen, please Contact Us.


Ackmen would have been located within present day Montezuma County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ackmen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Time Zone: The area where Ackmen was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Ackmen was located: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near Ackmen ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Ackmen to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Ackmen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ackmen post office opened in 1917. The Ackmen post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ackmen.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ackmen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Montezuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Ackmen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Ackmen area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/