Punkin Center, Colorado facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Punkin Center, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Looking north along State Highway 71 from a point south of its intersection with State Highway 94.
Nickname(s):  Pumpkin Center
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Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Lincoln
Elevation	5,364 ft (1,635 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	81063 (Ordway) and 80821 (Hugo)
Area code(s)	719

Punkin Center is a small, rural Unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States at the intersection of State Highway 94 and State Highway 71. John Stevens built the first store at the farmers crossroads in 1920. He painted each new building a pumpkin color, inspiring the name. Everything burned in the 1950s. Its mostly white population was 4 according to a Denver Post article. There is a communication tower near the intersection of the highways, and a larger communication tower about 3 miles southwest of the intersection. The Post Offices at Hugo (ZIP Code 80821) and Ordway (ZIP 81063) serve Punkin Center postal addresses.