Pictou, Colorado | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Colorado#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pictou |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Colorado |
Subdivision Name2: | Huerfano |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date1: | 1889 |
Elevation Ft: | 6280 |
Named For: | Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 194254 |
Pictou is an unincorporated community in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.
A post office called Pictou was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1932.[1] The community was named after Pictou, Canada, the native home of a mining official Thomas Lowther.[2]