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Welcome to Uravan ...

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

We've added Uravan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Uravan, please Contact Us.

Uravan would have been located within present day Montrose County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Uravan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1936.

From Place Names in Colorado,<3> the origin of Uravan is described as "The name of Uravan is a contraction of Uranium and Vanadium."

While the community is gone, the present day location for Uravan is 4,990 feet [1,521 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Uravan is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Uravan was located: 970 & 748<5>

Communities near Uravan ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Uravan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Uravan 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 Uravan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Uravan post office opened in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Uravan.

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 Uravan, 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 Montrose, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
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<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Uravan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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 Uravan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Uravan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/