Dumont, Colorado

Dumont, Colorado
Dumont looking up towards the Divide, April 2014
Dumont
Location of Dumont, Colorado.
Dumont
Dumont (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°45′53″N 105°36′01″W / 39.7647°N 105.6003°W / 39.7647; -105.6003 (Dumont, Colorado)[2]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyClear Creek[1]
Government
 • Typeunincorporated community
 • BodyClear Creek County[1]
Elevation7,933 ft (2,418 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code[3]
80436
Area codes303/720/983
GNIS place ID204707
GNIS CDP ID2408685
FIPS code08-21390

Dumont is a small unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office situated along Clear Creek in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The Dumont Post Office has the ZIP Code 80436.[3] Dumont is a part of the Downieville-Lawson-Dumont census-designated place.

History

The Dumont, Colorado, post office opened on May 17, 1880.[4] Dumont is named for John M. Dumont, a mine operator.[5]

Geography

Downieville is located in the Downieville-Lawson-Dumont, CO Census Designated Place at coordinates 39°45′53″N 105°36′01″W / 39.7647°N 105.6003°W / 39.7647; -105.6003 (Dumont, Colorado) and elevation 7,933 feet (2,418 m).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Dumont, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
  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.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 110.