Villa Grove, Colorado

Villa Grove, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Villa Grove in winter, December 2012
Location in Saguache County and the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 38°14′58″N 105°56′59″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Saguache County[1]
Established	1870[2]
Elevation [3]	7,983 ft (2,433 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[4]	81155
GNIS feature ID	204776[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] The town's name was changed to the less political Villa Grove on January 19, 1872.[5] The spelling of the town's name was changed to Villagrove on October 12, 1894, and back to Villa Grove on July 1, 1950.[5]

See also

Colorado portal

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. Eichler, Geo. R. (1977). Colorado Place Names. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Publishing Company. LCCN 77-89726.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Villa Grove, Colorado
4. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
5. Bauer, William H.; James L. Ozment; John H. Willard (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989. Denver, Co.: The Colorado Railroad Museum. ISBN 0-918654-42-4. LCCN 90-034759.

External links

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