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Welcome to Atchee ...

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

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

Atchee would have been located within present day Garfield County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Atchee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Atchee is 6,410 feet [1,954 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Atchee is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Atchee was located: 970 & 748<4>

Communities near Atchee ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Atchee.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Atchee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Atchee.

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

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

Adding Atchee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Atchee 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 (so far) for Atchee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Atchee post office opened in 1905. The Atchee post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Atchee.

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 Atchee, 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 Garfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Atchee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Atchee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Atchee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/