Tarryall, Colorado | |
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Town | |
 Tarryall School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places | |
| Coordinates: 39°07′19″N 105°28′32″W / 39.12194°N 105.47556°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| Counties | Park |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Elevation | 8,714 ft (2,656 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[2] | 80827 (Lake George) |
| GNIS feature ID | 183832[1] |
Tarryall is an unincorporated town eastern Park County, Colorado, United States. The town is located on Tarryall Creek in the eastern edge of the South Park, between Lake George and Jefferson.
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History
The town was founded in 1896 as Puma City, in response to mineral discoveries in the area. Within its first year, it reached a peak population of about a thousand residents. The Tarryall Post Office soon opened to serve the town. The population dwindled as the mineral discoveries proved to be much smaller than first thought. In the 1900s, the town took the name of its post office, Tarryall.[3] Only a handful of residents remain.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tarryall, Colorado
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
- ^ Robert L. Brown, 2003, Ghost towns of the Colorado Rockies, Caxton Press, ISBN 0-87004-342-0, p.286-290
External links
Municipalities and communities of Park County, Colorado, United States | ||
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| Ghost towns | ||
This page was last edited on 16 October 2023, at 19:32