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Ames, Colorado

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Ames, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Ames
Ames (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°51′53″N107°52′56″W / 37.8647°N 107.8823°W / 37.8647; -107.8823 [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County San Miguel [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body San Miguel County [2]
Elevation
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8,721 ft (2,658 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code 970
GNIS pop ID 184567

Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

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History

Ames is the site of one of the world's first hydroelectric power plants to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant. [3] The Ames, Colorado, post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ames". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "CHARLES C. BRITTON, An Early Electric Power Facility in Colorado, Colorado Magazine v49n3 Summer 1972, page 185" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  4. ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN   0-918654-42-4.
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