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Ames, Colorado
Ames and the Ilium Valley
Ames and the Ilium Valley
Country  United States
State  Colorado
County San Miguel
Elevation
8,721 ft (2,658 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code(s) 970
GNIS feature ID 187459

Ames is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Ames is the site of the world's first system to generate and transmit alternating current electricity for industrial purposes (mining), the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant. The Ames post office operated from December 20, 1880, until June 3, 1922.

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