Palmer Divide Research

Granger

Railroad stations, depots and structuresHistoric or vanishedEl Paso County

What we know

Denver & New Orleans station between Eastonville and Falcon; PO Jan. 12, 1883 to Dec. 13, 1888, mail to Falcon.

Where it was

Center of Sec. 32, T12S R64W, from Place Names of Colorado ('RR Post Office on C&S 1883-1888. 6 mi SW of Peyton'), via the BLM PLSS survey grid; good to about half a mile. Judy von Ahlefeldt's 1979 Black Forest map puts Granger on the railroad within about a mile of it.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

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 Granger?

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.