Official Name: | Cahone, Colorado |
Pushpin Map: | Colorado#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Cahone |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Colorado |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dolores County |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | About 1912[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 37.6589°N -108.8078°W |
Elevation Ft: | 6680 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 81320[2] |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 176613 |
Cahone is an unincorporated village in western Dolores County, Colorado, United States, about 9 miles southeast of Dove Creek straddling U.S. Highway 491. There is a post office there, and a large bean farm with storage and processing facility, and also a small bar and grill; but no grocery or automobile service facilities or tourist lodgings, or other businesses or services.
The Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.[3] The town of Cahone was established about 1912.[1] The town was named by Bert Ballenger, later the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box.[1] The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916.[4]