# Palmer Lake

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/palmer-lake/
- Also known as: Summit Lake, Divide Lake; station Divide; PO Weissport, Palmer
- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.1222, -104.9172 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Weissport, 1875–1887; Palmer, 1887–1912; Palmer Lake, 1887 to today; mail later sent to Monument

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

D&RG station 'Divide'; PO Weissport from July 21, 1875; Thompson's resort platted in the 1880s; Chautauqua at Glen Park from 1887; incorporated Feb. 23, 1889.

Today: Town of Palmer Lake

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 204794

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

## Nearby

- [Little Log Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/little-log-church/): 0.1 mi west
- [Santa Fe section foreman's house](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/santa-fe-section-foremans-house/): 0.1 mi south
- [Katrina Murat cottage](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/katrina-murat-cottage/): 0.2 mi northwest
- [Wilson's Store and Bakery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/wilsons-store-and-bakery/): 0.2 mi southwest
- [Estemere](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/estemere/): 0.2 mi southwest
- [Cliff House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/cliff-house/): 0.3 mi southwest

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