# Larkspur Rio Grande depot

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspur-rio-grande-depot/
- Also known as: Larkspur Denver & Rio Grande Depot
- Kind: Railroad stations, depots and structures
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.2293, -104.882 (from a cited description (good to a few hundred feet))

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

The D&RG reached Larkspur in September 1871 (Larkspur Station by December 1873, S-0122). The depot, east of East Plum Creek, was scorched in the town fire of July 1900 and painted in 1901 (S-0122); by 1941 the post office was in the depot building (site report, S-0113). The station closed in spring 1948 and the depot was a section house in 1959 (Larkspur Historical Society binder 1).

## Where it was

Pin in the Larkspur Historical Society's Google Earth version of the county map ('DC Resources,' Train Depot folder), read from the feature's card on screen, 2026-10-07 (S-0123). Good to a few hundred feet.

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

## Sources

- S-0005: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0005
- S-0045: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0045
- S-0113: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0113
- S-0122: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0122
- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [Carlson-Frink creamery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/carlson-frink-creamery/): 0.1 mi southwest
- [Larkspur School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspur-school/): 0.2 mi west
- [Larkspur Santa Fe depot](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspur-santa-fe-depot/): 0.2 mi west
- [Rich Valley Grange No. 64](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/rich-valley-grange-no-64/): 0.3 mi southwest
- [Larkspur](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspur/): 0.3 mi west
- [American Federation of Human Rights headquarters](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/american-federation-of-human-rights-headquarters/): 0.3 mi west

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.