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Cities & Towns in Saguache County

Colorado Place Names Locator

Towns

Bonanza - Inc. 13 January 1881

Bonanza Ghost Town Link

Pictures of Bonanza

Center - Est. 1898; Inc. 1906

Crestone - Est. 1879; Inc. 24 January 1901

Other links for Crestone

Crestone, Colorado

Crestone Ghost Town

Pictures of Crestone and Baca Grande

Crestone/Baca

La Garit - Est. 1874; Inc. 24 January 1901

Moffat - Est. 1890; Inc. 20 April 1911

Saguache - Est. 1867; Inc. 1878, county seat.

Sargent - Est. 1879

Villa Grove - Est. 1870; founded by Francis M. Hills on 10 June 1882; Another Villa Grove link

OTHER TOWNS AND POPULATED AREAS IN SAGUACHE COUNTY

Alder - aka Round Hill PO 1881-1927

Antelope Springs - Cow Camp

Amethyst - See Creede

Baca Grant - see Luis Maria Baca Grant 1821 Land Grant, Mexico - Now part of Saguache County

Barnum - PO 1876-1881; Later in Gunnison County

Bismark - PO 1872-1879

Bonanza/Bonanza City - Inc 1881 PO 1880-1938

Bonito/Bonita - PO 1881-1883

Burnt Rock Gulch - Mining Camp

Buxton - RR Station on 1895 map

Camp Hope - Est 1848 by John Fremont Site now in Saguache County

Carnero "1st" - PO 1870-1884 (PO moved to Green)

Carnero "2nd" - PO 1884-1911 (PO moved from Beidell)

Center/Centerview - Est 1898; Inc 1906 (Now spans Saguache County and Rio Grande County border)

Chester - RR Station on 1895 map

Claytonia - PO 1881-1892

Clearwater - See Gillette Station

Cochetopa - Inc 1881; PO 1877-1916

Cotton Creek - later Mirage PO 1875-1927 (Name changed 1895)

Cottonwood -

Creede - Est 1890; Inc 1892, Mineral County. (Absorbed Jimtown, Amethyst and Bachlor) History of Creede

Creedmore - See Creede

Crystal Hill - Mining Camp

Cuenin - aka Cuerin; PO 1884-1892; (PO moved to Cochetopa)

Davenport - RR Stop on 1895 map

Deadman Cow Camp - Mining Camp

Duncan - PO 1892-1900

Dune - PO 1891-1895

Elko - RR Stop on 1895 map

Embargo - PO 1903-1905

Exchequer - aka Exchequerville PO 1881-1883

Flying M Ranch - On 1964 map

Garibaldi - now Villa Grove Est. in 1870; Renamed in 1872

Garner's Creek - Mining Camp 1885 map,

Gibson - briefly Wabash PO 1911-1923

Gintown - See Creede

Gitrells Ranch - See Gillette

Gray Siding - RR Stop 1887 map

Gray's - On 1885 map

Great Sand Dunes - Spans Saguache County and Alamosa County borders

Green - PO 1884 (PO moved from Carneoro)

Halls - 1885 Waystop

Haumann/Hauman - PO 1882-1885

Herard - PO 1905-1912

Hillden - RR Station 1895 map

Hot Springs - RR Station 1895 map

Iris - PO 1894-1902

January Cow Camp

Jimtown - aka Amethyst, Creedmore, Gintown & New Town - Est 1890, Saguache County; later in Mineral County. (Absorbed by Creede)

Julia City - Mining Camp

Kerber City - 1865 Military Camp

1880s Mining Camp, (Absorbed by Bonanza)

Kimbrell - On 1880s map

La Garita - Est 1874

Lazy KB Estates

Liberty - PO 1900-1921

Lockett - PO 1889-1905

Loma - Est 1867 Saguache County; Inc 1885 in Rio Grande County

Los Mogotes - PO 1888-1890

Los Pinos - PO 1872-1877

Luis Maria Baca Grant - aka Baca Grant, Vegas Grant 1821 Land Grant, Mexico. Now part of Saguache County. (Disputed mining and cattle area. Original grant confirmed by US Supreme Court.)

Marshall Pass - RR Station 1895 map; PO 1919-1952

Marshalltown - now Sargents Est 1880 (Name changed 1882)

Mesa Park Signal Station - On 1923 map)

Mexican Town - Mining Camp

Middle Jim Creek - Mining Camp

Mill Settlement - On 1923 map

Mill Switch - On 1887 map

Milton - RR Stop 1885 map

Mineral Hot Springs - Est 1880; PO 1911-1947

Mirage - orig Cotton Creek; PO 1875-1927 (Name changed 1895)

Mirage Station - RR stop 1923 map. (3 miles west of Mirage)

Moffat - Est 1890; Inc 1911

Music City - aka Sand Creek, Short-Lived Mining Camp

New Town - See Creede

North Crestone - In 1900 directory

Old Ute Agency - On 1885 map

Orient - PO 1894-1905

Oriental - aka Oriental City; PO 1881-1884

Parkville - prev Sedgwick; PO 1880-1886

Perry - PO 1896-1898

Pocono - RR Station 1895-1920s

Pole Creek - Mining Camp

Poncha Pass - RR Station 1924 map; Maps show both Chaffee County & Saguache County, may be same site as 1885 Shirley Station

Pruden - PO 1895-1900

Pyke - PO 1900-1902

Rito Alto - PO 1872-1884

Rock Cliff - PO 1874-1880

Saguache - Est 1867; Inc 1878

San Isabel - aka San Isabella PO 1872-1912

Sand Creek - Short-lived Mining Camp aka Music City

Sangre De Christo - PO 1876-1884

Sargents - org Marshelltown est 1879, renamed Sargents 1882

School House - on 1885 map (between Mirage & Saguache)

Sedgwick - PO 1880-1886, later Parkville, absorbed by Bonanza

Shawano - RR Stop on 1923 map

Shirley - maps show both Chaffee County & Saguache County. May be same site as 1924 Poncho Pass Station

Short Cook - Mining Camp

Signal Station - aka Mesa Park Signal Station

Sky City - 1880's gold camp (Same site where Fremont's 1848 expedition was turned back by snow)

Spanish - mining camp

Spanish Creek - on 1885 map

Spook City - mining camp Est 1893, Short lived

Star Ranch - on 1885 map

Sweede Corners

Teton/Tetons - mining camp

Toll House - on 1880's map

Travis

Turtle Creek - mining camp

Valley View Hot Springs

Vegas Grant - 1821 Land Grant, Mexico, now part of Saguache County, see Luis Maria Baca Grant

Veteran - PO 1888-1894

Villa Grove - Est 1870 renamed 1872, prev. Garibaldi

Wabash - PO 1911, see Gibson

Wilcox - mining camp late 1890's

Willow - mining camp, PO 1891 Saguache County, Site now in Mineral County (July 1891 PO moved to Creede)

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