Punkin Center, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Looking north along State Highway 71 from a point south of its intersection with State Highway 94, November 2021
Nickname:  Pumpkin Center
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Coordinates: 38°51′07″N 103°42′02″W / 38.85194°N 103.70056°W / 38.85194; -103.70056
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Lincoln[1]
Elevation [1]	5,364 ft (1,635 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	81063 (Ordway) and 80821 (Hugo)[2]
Area code	719

Punkin Center is a small, rural unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States, located at the junction of State Highway 94 and State Highway 71.^[3][4]

Description

John Stevens built the first store at the farmers crossroads in 1920. He painted each new building a pumpkin color, inspiring the name. Everything burned in the 1950s.^[1] Its mostly white population was 4 according to a Denver Post article.^[5] There is a communication tower near the intersection of the highways, and a larger communication tower about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of the intersection. The Post Offices at Hugo (ZIP Code 80821) and Ordway (ZIP 81063) serve Punkin Center postal addresses.^[2]