Pando, Colorado

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'''Pando''' is an extinct town in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.<ref>{{GNIS|179547|Pando}}</ref>

==History== A post office called Pando was in operation from 1891 until 1942.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref> Pando is a name derived from Spanish meaning "slow".<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=45|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=39}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Colorado}} * List of ghost towns in Colorado

==References== {{reflist|22em}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Pando, Colorado}}

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Category:Ghost towns in Colorado Category:Geography of Eagle County, Colorado