Edler, Colorado

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Edler, Colorado
unincorporated community
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Edler
Location of Edler, Colorado.
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Edler
Edler (Colorado)
Coordinates: 37°10′35″N102°46′42″W / 37.1764°N 102.7783°W / 37.1764; -102.7783 (Edler, Colorado) [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Baca [2]
Government
 • Type unincorporated community
 • Body Baca County [2]
Elevation
[1]
4,652 ft (1,418 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP code [3]
Springfield 81073
Area code 719
GNIS place ID 196261

Edler is an unincorporated community located in and governed by Baca County, Colorado, United States. [1]

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History

Baca County, Colorado, in 1925, showing the location of Edler Baca County, Colorado, 1925.png
Baca County, Colorado, in 1925, showing the location of Edler

Edler was named for Dr. Edler, one of the first homesteaders in the community. [4]

The Edler, Colorado, post office operated from February 16, 1916, until December 31, 1947. [5] The Springfield, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 81073) now serves the area. [3] Edler was two miles northwest of Holmes City. [6]

In the 1920s, Edler had two mercantiles and a blacksmith shop. [7] The Edler area was noted for its dairy industry, and two cream stations had been established in Edler. [8]

In the 1930s, the community of Edler was the location of several petroleum test sites. [9] In 1936, William A. Arbuthnot organized the Edler Grange. The Edler Grange was #426. [10]

In 1940, Edler's population was 24. [11]

By the 1950s, there was a school and bus barn and the Edler Community Church. [7] Edler's population was 30 in 1960. [12]

By the 1990s, Edler was stated to be "surrounded by sand sagebrush, yucca, blue grama, buffalo grass, side-oats grama, and red threeawn. The population is 25." [13]

Geography

Edler is located within the Comanche National Grassland in southern Baca County. [13] It is located at the junction of County Road P and County Road 17.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edler, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service . Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Colorado Magazine. State Historical Society of Colorado, State Museum. 1940. p. 223.
  5. ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN   0-918654-42-4.
  6. ↑ Who's who in Colorado: A Biographical Record of Colorado's Leaders in Business, Professional, and Public Life. Extension division, University of Colorado. 1938. p. 51.
  7. 1 2 "Colorado Preservation, Inc". coloradopreservation.org. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  8. ↑ The Earth... Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. 1921. p. 7.
  9. ↑ Oil & Gas Journal. Petroleum Publishing Company. 1937.
  10. ↑ Husbandry, Colorado State Grange of Patrons of (1944). Journal of Proceedings of the Annual Session. p. 24.
  11. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 151.
  12. ↑ "Colorado". World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. C. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1960. pp. 672–673.
  13. 1 2 Miller, Donald C. (1990). Ghosts on a Sea of Grass: Ghost Towns of the Plains : Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming. Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 6. ISBN   978-0-929521-33-6.
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