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Camp Bird, Colorado

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Camp Bird, Colorado
unincorporated community
Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, October 1940.
Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, October 1940.
Camp Bird is located in the United States
Camp Bird
Camp Bird
Location of Camp Bird, Colorado
Camp Bird is located in Colorado
Camp Bird
Camp Bird
Camp Bird (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°58′22″N 107°43′35″W / 37.9728°N 107.7264°W / 37.9728; -107.7264 (Camp Bird, Colorado)[1]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyOuray[2]
Government
 • Typeunincorporated community
 • BodyOuray County[2]
Elevation
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9,728 ft (2,965 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code[3]
81427 (Ouray, Colorado)
GNIS pop ID187260

Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.[4] It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361 (Camp Bird Road).

History

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The town was famous for Camp Bird Mine.[5] The Campbird, Colorado, post office operated from April 28, 1898, until March 15, 1919.[6]

Today it is an unincorporated community with a very small populace.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Camp Bird, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Camp Bird Maps, Facts, and Features". Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Camp Bird". Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  6. ↑ 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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