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Welcome to Pinon ...

Pinon is located in Montrose County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Pinon is 5,840 feet [1,780 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pinon is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Pinon: 970 & 748<3>

Communities Also Named Pinon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Pinon: This one is located in Montrose County and the other is located in Pueblo County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 4 communities that are also named Pinon - they are located in Arizona, Kansas and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Pinon ...

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pinon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pinon.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinon ...

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

Adding Pinon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pinon post office opened in 1896. The Pinon post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Montrose, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pinon - 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 Pinon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Pinon 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/