Austin, Colorado

{{short description|Neighborhood of Orchard City, Delta County, Colorado, United States}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{infobox settlement  |official_name = Austin, Colorado |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = neighborhood |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y =  |pushpin_map = USA#USA Colorado |pushpin_relief = |pushpin_label = Austin |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Austin, Orchard City, Colorado  |coordinates = {{coord|38.7811|-107.9509|type:city_region:US-CO_source:GNIS-203944|display=it}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=203944|name=Austin, Colorado|access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref> |elevation_ft = 5043 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=GNIS/> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Colorado |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Delta<ref name=COcounty>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicCounties.jsf|title=Colorado Counties|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref> |subdivision_type3 = Town |subdivision_name3 = Orchard City<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/publicMunicipalities.jsf|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=January 20, 2025}}</ref>  |government_type = neighborhood |governing_body = Town of Orchard City<ref name=COMun/> |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Established |established_date = 1900<ref name=ColoPlaceNames>{{cite book |last=Eichler |first= Geo. R. |title=Colorado Place Names |location=Boulder, Colo. |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |year=1977 |lccn=77-89726}}</ref> |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = US |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = MST |utc_offset = −07:00 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = −06:00  |postal_code_type = ZIP Code |postal_code = 81410<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web|url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=JavaScript/HTML |publisher=United States Postal Service |accessdate=September 3, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903025217/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archivedate=3 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |area_code = |blank_name = GNIS pop ID |blank_info = {{GNIS 4|203944}} |blank1_name = GNIS town ID |blank1_info = |blank2_name = FIPS code |blank2_info = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Austin''' is a neighborhood within the boundaries of the incorporated Town of Orchard City in Delta County, Colorado, United States. There is a U.S. Post Office in Austin with the ZIP Code 81410.<ref name=ZIPcode/>

==History== Ferganchick Orchard Rock Art Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a prehistoric archaeological site 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.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/co/Delta/state.html ''National Register of Historic Places in Delta County''] American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-6.</ref>

The Austin, Colorado, post office opened on May 19, 1905.<ref name=CPO>{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation|location=Golden, Colorado|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}</ref> The community has the name of Austin E. Miller, an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=14|year=1954|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=8}}</ref>

==Geography== Austin is located at coordinates {{coord|38.7811|-107.9509|type:city_region:US-CO_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline|name=Austin, Colorado}}. {{clear}}

==See also== {{portal|Geography|History|United States|Colorado}} *List of populated places in Colorado *List of post offices in Colorado {{clear}}

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==External links== {{sister project links|Orchard City, Colorado|auto=yes}} *[http://www.orchardcityco.org/ Town of Orchard City] *[https://www.colorado.gov/ State of Colorado] **[https://www.historycolorado.org/ History Colorado] {{Delta County, Colorado|collapse_state=expanded}} {{Colorado}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Colorado}} {{authority control}}

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