Acequia is an unincorporated community located in Douglas County, Colorado, United States.

[3] The Acequia, Colorado Territory, post office operated from January 30, 1874, until June 9, 1881, and again from April 22, 1887, until July 14, 1900.

[4][5] Acequia is a Spanish word meaning "canal" or "channel",[6] so the name was likely in reference to the nearby High Line Canal.

Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.

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