Bond, Colorado
Unincorporated community in Eagle County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Bond
Bond is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office located along the Colorado River in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The Bond post office has the ZIP Code 80423. Although Bond has never had a sizable population, the town has significant railroad history, and once was a stop for most of the passenger trains along the Denver and Rio Grande Western's main line.
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How Bond is governed
Bond appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Eagle County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Bond does have local officials.
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Residents of Bond
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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Police Chief
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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City Clerk
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City Attorney
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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History
Railroad
Bond was originally served by the never finished Denver and Salt Lake Railroad as a midpoint to the railroad's eventual terminus in Craig, Colorado. Bond was the closest point of the rail line to the nearest through line, the Denver and Rio Grande Western's (D&RGW) mainline which reached the Colorado River about 40 miles (64 km) downstream from Bond. The D&RGW purchased the rights to connect the two lines, with the intent of having a more direct connection between Denver and Salt Lake City. In 1932, the D&RGW began construction of the Dotsero Cutoff. The southwestern end of the cutoff became known as Dotsero (a portmanteau of "Dot Zero," the zero mileage point.) The northeastern end of the cutoff near Bond became known as Orestod (the inverse spelling of Dotsero.) When Dotsero Cutoff was completed in 1934, the Moffat Route joined the Rio Grande Mainline, and the tracks from Bond to Craig became a spur line. The Bond, Colorado, post office opened on December 4, 1935. Bond remained a stop on the Denver and Rio Grande Western's passenger trains until their last train, the Rio Grande Zephyr was discontinued in 1983. The D&RGW was merged with the Southern Pacific, and in turn the Union Pacific in 1996. As part of UP's Central Corridor, the line is now also used by BNSF which has trackage rights.
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