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Baxter, Colorado

Coordinates: 38°16′33″N 104°29′30″W / 38.2758°N 104.4916°W / 38.2758; -104.4916
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Baxter, Colorado
Looking west along Aldred Road in Baxter. (2023)
Looking west along Aldred Road in Baxter. (2023)
Baxter is located in the United States
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Location of Baxter, Colorado.
Baxter is located in Colorado
Baxter
Baxter
Baxter (Colorado)
Coordinates: 38°16′33″N 104°29′30″W / 38.2758°N 104.4916°W / 38.2758; -104.4916[2]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyPueblo[1]
Government
 • Typeunincorporated community
 • BodyPueblo County[1]
Elevation4,607 ft (1,404 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS pop ID203691

Baxter is an unincorporated community in Pueblo County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[2]

The community has the name of O.H.P. Baxter, a local settler.[3] Baxter has never had a post office.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Baxter, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  3. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 8.
  4. ^ 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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