Husted, Colorado

Husted was a settlement on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and located thirteen miles north of Colorado Springs. Residents were involved in ranching and lumber businesses.[1] In 1878, a railroad post office was moved from Southwater to Husted. The post office closed in 1920.[2]

Early El Paso County Colorado map. Husted was between Monument and Colorado Springs, Colorado and its site is now in the northern portion of the Air Force Academy.

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References

  1. George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 106.
  2. "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Denver Public Library. p. 316. Retrieved July 20, 2018.

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