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Welcome to De Nova ...

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

We've added De Nova to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of De Nova - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with De Nova, please Contact Us.


While we don't have the exact location of De Nova , we believe that it would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of De Nova, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

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

The Area Code where De Nova was located: 970

Adding De Nova to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned De Nova was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the De Nova post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for De Nova.

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 De Nova, 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 Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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