Welcome to North Star ...
So far, we found very little information about North Star. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added North Star to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of North Star - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with North Star, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of North Star , we believe that it would have been located within present day Gunnison County<2>.
A typical abbreviation for North Star: N. Star
Time Zone: The area where North Star was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If North Star still existed, it would have been in the (970) area code.
Communities Also Named North Star ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named North Star - they are located in Alberta, British Columbia, California, Delaware, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Star.
Adding North Star to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of North Star in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention that we've found for North Star was the List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> From that list, the North Star post office opened in 1889.
We also found North Star in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for North Star.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
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 North Star, 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 Gunnison, 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/ |