Ames, Colorado
Unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
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Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.
Ames, Colorado | |
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Ames and the Ilium Valley | |
  Ames Location of Ames, Colorado.  Ames Ames (Colorado) | |
| Coordinates: 37.8647°N 107.8823°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | San Miguel[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | unincorporated community |
| • Body | San Miguel County[2] |
| Elevation | 8,721 ft (2,658 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area code | 970 |
| GNIS pop ID | 184567 |
History
Ames is the site of one of the world's first hydroelectric power plants to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant.[3] The Ames, Colorado, post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922.[4]
