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Tioga, Colorado

Coordinates: 37°41′56″N 104°55′39″W / 37.69889°N 104.92750°W / 37.69889; -104.92750
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Tioga in 2018; no standing structures remain, only foundations.

Tioga is an extinct town in Huerfano County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1]

A post office called Tioga was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1954.[2] Tioga is a name derived from a Native American language meaning "where it forks".[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tioga, Colorado
  2. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. ^ Dawson, John Frank. 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. 49.

37°41′56″N 104°55′39″W / 37.69889°N 104.92750°W / 37.69889; -104.92750