Edler, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Edler, Colorado is located in Colorado
Edler, Colorado
Edler, Colorado
Location within the state of Colorado
Edler, Colorado is located in the United States
Edler, Colorado
Edler, Colorado
Edler, Colorado (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°10′35″N 102°46′42″W / 37.17639°N 102.77833°W / 37.17639; -102.77833
CountryUSA
State State of Colorado
CountyBaca County
Elevation
4,652 ft (1,418 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code719
GNIS feature ID196261[1]

Edler is an unincorporated community in Baca County, Colorado, United States.[1]

History

Baca County, Colorado, in 1925, showing the location of Edler

Edler was named for Dr. Edler, one of the first homesteaders in the community.[2]

Edler's post office was established in 1916.[3] Edler was two miles northwest of Holmes City.[4]

In the 1920s, Edler had two mercantiles and a blacksmith shop.[5] The Edler area was noted for its dairy industry, and two cream stations had been established in Edler.[6]

In the 1930s, the community of Edler was the location of several petroleum test sites.[7] In 1936, William A. Arbuthnot organized the Edler Grange. The Edler Grange was #426.[8]

In 1940, Edler's population was 24.[9] The Edler post office, which had operated in the community for more than 30 years, closed in 1948.[3]

By the 1950s, there was a school and bus barn and the Edler Community Church.[5] Edler's population was 30 in 1960.[10]

By the 1990s, Edler was stated to be "surrounded by sand sagebrush, yucca, blue grama, buffalo grass, side-oats grama, and red threeawn. The population is 25."[11]

Geography

Edler is located within the Comanche National Grassland in southern Baca County.[11] It is located at the junction of County Road P and County Road 17.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edler
  2. ↑ Colorado Magazine. State Historical Society of Colorado, State Museum. 1940. p. 223.
  3. 1 2 "Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ Who's who in Colorado: A Biographical Record of Colorado's Leaders in Business, Professional, and Public Life. Extension division, University of Colorado. 1938. p. 51.
  5. 1 2 "Colorado Preservation, Inc". coloradopreservation.org. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ The Earth... Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. 1921. p. 7.
  7. ↑ Oil & Gas Journal. Petroleum Publishing Company. 1937.
  8. ↑ Husbandry, Colorado State Grange of Patrons of (1944). Journal of Proceedings of the Annual Session. p. 24.
  9. ↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 151.
  10. ↑ "Colorado". World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. C. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1960. pp. 672–673.
  11. 1 2 Miller, Donald C. (1990). Ghosts on a Sea of Grass: Ghost Towns of the Plains : Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming. Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-929521-33-6.

See also

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