Doyleville, Colorado

Doyleville, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Doyleville and Highway 50
Doyleville and Highway 50
Doyleville is located in Colorado
Doyleville
Doyleville
Doyleville is located in the United States
Doyleville
Doyleville
Coordinates: 38°27′06″N 106°36′34″W / 38.45167°N 106.60944°W / 38.45167; -106.60944
Country United States
State State of Colorado
CountyGunnison County[1]
Named forHenry Doyle[2]
Elevation
[1]
8,055 ft (2,455 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
81230
GNIS feature ID204761[1]

Doyleville is an unincorporated community in Gunnison County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located 19 miles (31 km) east of Gunnison on U.S. Highway 50.

History

Doyleville is named after Henry Doyle who, along with his wife Susan and their children,[3] homesteaded 160 acres along Tomichi Creek in 1876. The settlement became a stop for the Barlow and Sanderson stage, and a train station was later established with the arrival of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in the summer of 1881. The Doyleville station allowed area ranchers to ship hay and livestock by rail to markets east over the Continental Divide. The station also became active with passengers traveling to and from nearby Waunita Hot Springs. A post office and one-room school were also opened in 1881.[2][4][5][6]

Activity in Doyleville greatly diminished when the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad discontinued passenger service in 1940 and completely abandoned the line in 1955. The school was closed in 1966 and the post office was closed in 1969.[4][5][6]

In its early years this settlement or its train station briefly assumed various names included Doyle, Doylestown, Gilman, and Hot Springs.[7]

See also

Shavano (train)

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doyleville, Colorado
  2. ^ a b Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Henry Doyle", United States census, 1880; Tomichi, Gunnison, Colorado; page 2, line 7, enumeration district 52, National Archives film number T9. Retrieved on 2020-05-04.
  4. ^ a b Vandenbusche, Duane (1980). The Gunnison Country. Gunnison, Colorado: B&B Printers. LCCN 80-070455.
  5. ^ a b "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Schools". Gunnison County Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Elliott, Donald R.; Elliott, Doris L. Place Names of Colorado (PDF). Denver, Colorado: Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.


Stub icon

This Colorado state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.