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Bountiful, Colorado

Coordinates: 37°13′45″N 105°58′37″W / 37.22917°N 105.97694°W / 37.22917; -105.97694
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Entering from the south along Highway 285

Bountiful is an unincorporated community in Conejos County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

The community is on the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad, between Romeo to the south and La Jara to the north.[2]

The name Bountiful most likely is Mormon in origin.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bountiful, Colorado
  2. ^ Manassa, Colorado, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967
  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. 10.

37°13′45″N 105°58′37″W / 37.22917°N 105.97694°W / 37.22917; -105.97694