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Welcome to Caddoa ...So far, we found very little information about Caddoa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Caddoa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Caddoa, please Contact Us. Caddoa would have been located within present day Bent County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Caddoa, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Caddoa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. From Place Names in Colorado,<4> the origin of Caddoa is described as "Named for Caddoa Creek, which was named for a tribe of Indians who wintered there in 1863-64." While the community is gone, the present day location for Caddoa is 3,880 feet [1,183 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Caddoa is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Caddoa was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Caddoa and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The location where Caddoa once stood is in the (719) area code. Communities near Caddoa ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Caddoa.
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 Caddoa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Caddoa. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Caddoa. 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 Caddoa. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Caddoa. See our Newspapers Page for Caddoa. Adding Caddoa to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Caddoa 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 Caddoa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Caddoa in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Caddoa. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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