Kokomo, Colorado

Kokomo is a ghost town in Summit County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

A post office called Kokomo was established in 1879, and remained in operation until 1965.[2] The community took its name from nearby Kokomo Gulch which was named after Kokomo, Indiana. In the 1890s, Kokomo was at the highest elevation (10,618 feet) of any incorporated town in the state.[3] The town was a Silver mining location that reached zero population in the 1960s when the land was bought by Climax Molybdenum Company to use as a tailings dump.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kokomo (historical)
  2. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 30.
  4. ↑ "Kokomo Colorado". www.westernmininghistory.com. Retrieved 2016-09-07.

Coordinates: 39°25′27″N 106°11′23″W / 39.42417°N 106.18972°W / 39.42417; -106.18972


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