Watkins, Colorado
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Watkins is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located in Adams County and Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The Watkins Post Office has the ZIP Code 80137.[1]
Long an unincorporated community, the Town of Watkins was incorporated on June 15, 2004, and voted to dissolve on November 7, 2006. As such, 2000 Census data is not available for the community, which has approximately 1,700 residents. The incorporation was an effort to avoid annexation by City of Aurora, which surrounds the town on three sides. However, on November 7, 2006, the town voted to revert to being an unincorporated community by a margin of 308-184. Many of the residents voted against what they thought was the town being dissolved. Instead their vote was to dissolve the town.
Watkins is involved in trying to build the First Park in Adams County and the Watkins Historical Preservation Society is co-operating with the town on some historical buildings for installation in the park as well.
[edit] Geography
Watkins is located at (39.744946,-104.606838).
[edit] External links
- Watkins on Adams County website
- Watkins on Arapahoe County website
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Watkins residents say "no" to city living
- Watkins' "U-turn" on incorporation
[edit] References
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service (January 3, 2007). Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
