Boncarbo is an unincorporated town

Unincorporated area

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 and U.S. Post Office

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 in Las Animas County

Las Animas County, Colorado

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, Colorado

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, United States

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. The ZIP Code

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 of the Boncarbo Post Office

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 is 81024.

History

The town of Boncarbo was established by the American Smelting and Refining Company in 1915. Boncarbo is a corruption of the French bon carbon, meaning good coal. The Boncarbo Post Office

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 opened on November 15, 1917. Most of the coal mined at Boncarbo was sent to Cokedale

Cokedale, Colorado

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 for coking.