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 Ansel Hall Ruin, also known as the Cahone Ruin, was a prehistoric North San Juan pueblo from the 1000–1499 AD period which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.National Register of Historic Places in Dolores County, Colorado American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-7. The town of Cahone was established about 1912. The town was named by Bert Ballenger, later the town's first postmaster, for a nearby canyon named El Cajón in Spanish, meaning little box. The Cahone Post Office opened on May 21, 1916.
See also
List of populated places in Colorado
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External links
State of Colorado History Colorado