Bijou Basin
extinct town
Early El Paso County Colorado map. Bijou Basin was five miles southeast of Sidney in northeastern El Paso County
Early El Paso County Colorado map. Bijou Basin was five miles southeast of Sidney in northeastern El Paso County
Bijou Basin is located in Colorado
Bijou Basin
Bijou Basin
Coordinates: 39°8′8.16″N 104°27′24.84″W / 39.1356000°N 104.4569000°W / 39.1356000; -104.4569000
Elevation
1,950 m (6,400 ft)

Bijou Basin is an extinct town located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at 39°08′08″N 104°27′25″W / 39.1356°N 104.4569°W / 39.1356; -104.4569 (Bijou Basin) at an elevation of 6,398 feet (1,950 m). Travelers could take post road 49 to the settlement.[1] It was located five miles southeast of another early settlement, Sidney.[2]

History

The Bijou Basin post office operated from April 8, 1869, until March 30, 1907.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 72.
  2. ^ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Denver Public Library. p. 68. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. ^ 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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