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Do you know of Anthracite ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Anthracite. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Anthracite.<1>

Our sources for Anthracite (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Anthracite other than they indicate that Anthracite would be found somewhere in Gunnison County, Colorado.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1896.

Communities Also Named Anthracite ...

We found two communities that share the name Anthracite.

Within Colorado, the name Anthracite is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Anthracite.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Anthracite [Lebanon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Anthracite ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Anthracite:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Anthracite - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Gunnison County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Gunnison County.

Allen 
Alpine TunnelLake Junction
Atlantic 
 Marion
BarnumMinaret
Bear MineMounds
Bonita 
 Oliver
CameltownOversteg
Castleton 
CebollaProspect
Crooksville 
CrooktonRagged Mountain
Crystal Creek 
CurrecantiStandish
 Stevens
DoyleSuttle
  
GilmanTaylor Park
GlaciersTeachout
GrabiolaTolifaro
Gunnison SmelterTucker
 Tumichi
HancockTurner
Hinkle's 
HowevilleVidals Spur
  
Jacks CabinWauneta
Jackson 
 Youman
Kezar 

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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