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Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States
Henderson, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Henderson's Post Office.Henderson's Post Office.
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Coordinates: 39°55′18″N 104°52′06″W / 39.92167°N 104.86833°W / 39.92167; -104.86833
Country United States
State Colorado
CountiesAdams
Elevation5,023 ft (1,531 m)
Population
 • Estimate 26
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code80640

Henderson, formerly known as Henderson Island, is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Adams County, Colorado, United States. Henderson has the ZIP Code 80640. Portions of the Henderson area have been annexed by Commerce City, Brighton, and Thornton.

A post office called Henderson has been in operation since 1894. The community was named after John D. "Colonel Jack" Henderson.

Geography

Henderson is located at 39°55′18″N 104°52′06″W / 39.92167°N 104.86833°W / 39.92167; -104.86833 (39.921586,-104.868279). Henderson Island is today the site of the Adams County Regional Park and Fairgrounds.

Current Day

Along with a post office, a few buildings remain of old Henderson along Brighton Road north of 120th Avenue. The Henderson Congregation Church (now Henderson Community Church) which has been in existence for over 100 years, stands as one of the last remaining vestiges of historical Henderson.

Education

School District 27J serves Henderson.

Businesses

Lineage Logistics has a facility in Henderson.

Notable individuals

  • Ralphie IV, a buffalo who retired and lived out her retirement in Henderson.

See also

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References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
  3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  4. 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. 26.
  5. Kirk, Alexander; Jordan Chavez (August 13, 2018). "No more Mondays for students in this Denver metro school district". 9 News. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. Tyrone Richardson (July 24, 2014). "Construction starts on cold-storage facility in North Charleston". The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  7. "Ralphie IV". University of Colorado Athletics. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Colorado, United States
County seat: Brighton
Cities
Map of Colorado highlighting Adams County
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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