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Welcome to Pandora ...

Pandora is located in San Miguel County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pandora, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Pandora is 8,950 feet [2,728 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pandora is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Pandora: 970

Going back to its beginning, Pandora was originally named Newport. For more information about the names of Pandora, see The Names of Pandora on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Pandora ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pandora - they are located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pandora.

Communities near Pandora ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pandora ...

Looking for more information about Pandora? 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 Pandora, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pandora.

Adding Pandora to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pandora 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 Pandora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pandora post office opened in 1881.

We also found Pandora in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pandora.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including San Miguel, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pandora - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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