Villa Grove, Colorado | |
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Villa Grove in winter, December 2012 | |
Location in Saguache County and the state of Colorado | |
Coordinates: 38°14′58″N105°56′59″W / 38.24944°N 105.94972°W | |
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County | Saguache County [1] |
Established | 1870 [2] |
Elevation | 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]
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]
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