Place:Parachute, Garfield, Colorado, United States

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NameParachute
Alt namesGrand Valleysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS8005406
TypeTown
Coordinates39.452°N 108.052°W
Located inGarfield, Colorado, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Town of Parachute is a home rule municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,085 at the 2010 census.

The town is the birthplace of Willard Libby, recipient of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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