Cornish is an
unincorporated community
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in
Weld County
Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 328,981. The county seat is Greeley.
Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Colorado
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.
History
A post office called Cornish was established in 1914, and remained in operation until 1967. The community was named after a Mr. Cornish, an engineer employed by the
Union Pacific Railroad
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.
A railway was built through Cornish sometime in the early 1900s, as part of a line from
Greeley to
Briggsdale.
The Union Pacific Railroad filed for the abandonment of the line in 1942, with the actual abandonment occurring in 1946.
References
Unincorporated communities in Weld County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado
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