Cahone, Colorado


Cahone is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Cahone Post Office is 81320.

History

The town of Cahone was established about 1912. The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916. The town was named by Bert Ballenger, the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box.
The Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.