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Welcome to Heeney ...

Heeney is located in Summit County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heeney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1939.

Heeney is 8,040 feet [2,451 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Heeney is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Heeney lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Heeney: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near Heeney ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Heeney.

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 Heeney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heeney.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heeney ...

Looking for more information about Heeney? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Heeney, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Heeney.

Adding Heeney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Heeney 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 Heeney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Heeney post office opened in 1939. The Heeney post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heeney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Summit, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heeney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Heeney area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Heeney area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/