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Penrose is a census-designated place (CDP) and post office located in and governed by Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Penrose post office has the ZIP Code 81240. [5] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Penrose CDP was 3,685. [4]
Glendale, Colorado Territory is a former settlement that was established in the 1860s as a stagecoach stop and then a farming community and school in the Beaver Creek area of Penrose, Colorado. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] First known as the settlement of Beaver Creek, it became Glendale, and finally Penrose.
The Illinois State Fair was held almost every summer during this more than 150-year-long period. On a few occasions it was suspended. In 1893, for example, the organizers of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago prepared to offer a larger lineup of agricultural products and machinery, so the Illinois State Fair canceled itself for one year.
Fremont County, which includes Cañon City, is the home to 15 prisons, including ADX Supermax, the only federal Supermax prison in the United States, located south of Florence, Colorado. U.S. 50 intersects State Highway 67, State Highway 115 and State Highway 120 in Fremont County before crossing into Pueblo County. Then the highway enters ...
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Fremont County, Colorado, highlighting Penrose in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape. Date: 9 August 2007: Source: My own work, based on public domain information. Based on similar map concepts by Ixnayonthetimmay: Author: Arkyan
State Highway 120 (SH 120) is a 7.186-mile-long (11.565 km) state highway in Fremont County, Colorado. SH 120's western terminus is at SH 115 east of Florence , and the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 50 (US 50) east of Penrose .
Brush Hollow State Wildlife Area is located west of Penrose, Colorado and north of Fremont County Road 123 that connects Penrose to Cañon City, Colorado. It is centered on Brush Hollow Reservoir, which provides water to nearby Penrose. [citation needed] The Brush Hollow State Wildlife Area occupies an area of approximately 400 acres.
The event was a financial success which attracted prominent entertainers and groups, many of whom also played the Illinois State Fair; the fair consequently became known as Illinois' "little State Fair" or "second State Fair". [3] Du Quoin State Fairgrounds has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 1990.