# Simla

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/simla/

- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: Elbert County, Colorado
- Point: 39.1417, -104.0838 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Simla, 1907 to today

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Rock Island stop; town founded 1909; PO Aug. 12, 1909; incorporated 1911 or 1912 (sources differ).

Today: Town of Simla

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 193219

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

## Nearby

- [Ramah Catholic Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ramah-catholic-church/): 4.6 mi west
- [Ramah](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ramah/): 4.6 mi west
- [Gammon house](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/gammon-house/): 4.7 mi west
- [Matheson](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/matheson/): 6.2 mi east
- [Kuhns Crossing](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/kuhns-crossing/): 9.9 mi north
- [St. Mary's Orthodox Church (1932)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/st-marys-orthodox-church-1932/): 11.4 mi west

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