Welcome to Cleora ...
Cleora is located in Chaffee County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cleora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.
Cleora is 6,990 feet [2,131 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cleora is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Cleora lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Cleora: 719
Communities Also Named Cleora ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cleora - they are located in Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cleora.
Communities near Cleora ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cleora.
- Poncha Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bonanza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Belleview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Belleview is located in Chaffee County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Belleview
- From Cleora to Belleview
- Calcite ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calcite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
- Calcite is located in Fremont County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Calcite
- From Cleora to Calcite
- Browns Canon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mears Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Turret ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Vallie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vallie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
- Vallie is located in Fremont County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Vallie
- From Cleora to Vallie
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 Cleora. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cleora.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cleora. 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 Cleora.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cleora. See our Newspapers Page for Cleora.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cleora ...
Looking for more information about Cleora? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cleora, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cleora.
Adding Cleora to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cleora 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 Cleora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Cleora post office opened in 1876. The Cleora post office closed in 1882.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cleora.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Chaffee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cleora - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |