Palmer Divide Research

Limon

Also: Limon's Camp · Limon Station

Towns and settlementsLiving todayLincoln County

What we know

Rock Island division point, March 1888, named for foreman John Limon; junction with the Kansas Pacific; incorporated Oct. 24, 1909.

Today: Town of Limon

Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 204819

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 Limon?

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