Austin is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...
within the boundaries of the incorporated
Town of Orchard City in
Delta County,
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, United States. There is a
U.S. Post Office in Austin with the
ZIP Code 81410.
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History
Ferganchick Orchard Rock Art Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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, is a prehistoric
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
located near Austin. Starting that the beginning of the 1st century, rock art was made at the site by Archaic people, and then Uncompahgre complex and Ute people
Ute () are an Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin, Indigenous people of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau in present-day Utah, western Colorado, and northern New Mexico.Pritkzer''A Native American Encyclopedia'' p. 242 Historically, their t ...
.
The Austin, Colorado, post office opened on May 19, 1905. The community has the name of Austin E. Miller, an early settler.
Geography
Austin is located at coordinates .
See also
* List of populated places in Colorado
* List of post offices in Colorado
References
External links
Town of Orchard City
State of Colorado
CDOT map of Orchard City
History Colorado
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Unincorporated communities in Delta County, Colorado
Unincorporated communities in Colorado