Do you know of Apishapa ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Apishapa. 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 Apishapa.<1> Our sources for Apishapa (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 Apishapa other than they indicate that Apishapa would be found somewhere in Las Animas County, Colorado. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1867 and closed in 1911. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Apishapa ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Apishapa: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Apishapa - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
More Orphans in Las Animas County ...Can you help? 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 Las Animas County. Footnotes ...
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