Palmer Divide Research

Falcon

Towns and settlementsLiving todayEl Paso County

What we know

Junction of the Rock Island and the Denver & New Orleans; 'near the summit of the divide' (Hall 1891); PO Oct. 10, 1888 to Sept. 14, 1942.

Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 193381

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

See it on the map

Sources

Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.

Know more about Falcon?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.