Villa Grove, Colorado Explained

Official Name:Villa Grove, Colorado
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Colorado
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Saguache County and the state of Colorado
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Saguache County[1]
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1870[2]
Unit Pref:Imperial
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Coordinates:38.2494°N -105.9497°W
Elevation Ft:7983
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:81155
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:204776

Villa Grove is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The Villa Grove Post Office has the ZIP Code 81155.[3]

History

The town of Garibaldi was established by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1870.[2] The town served as the southern terminus of the Rio Grande's narrow-gauge Poncha Pass line from 1870 to 1890.[2] The town was named for Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.[2] The Garibaldi Post Office opened on June 13, 1870.[4] The town's name was changed to the less political Villa Grove on January 19, 1872.[4] The spelling of the town's name was changed to Villagrove on October 12, 1894, and back to Villa Grove on July 1, 1950.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Book: Eichler, Geo. R. . Colorado Place Names . Boulder, Colo. . Johnson Publishing Company . 1977 . 77-89726.
  3. Web site: January 3, 2007 . ZIP Code Lookup . . United States Postal Service . January 3, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101122200027/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp . November 22, 2010 .
  4. Book: Bauer, William H. . James L. Ozment . John H. Willard . Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989 . . Denver, Co. . 1990 . 0-918654-42-4 . 90-034759.