# Cantril homestead

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/cantril-homestead/
- Also known as: John R. Cantril
- Kind: Ranches and homesteads
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.2535, -104.942 (from a cited description (about half a mile))

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

John R. Cantril's homestead on West Plum Creek; the Glen Grove schoolhouse was moved in 1871 'to the bank along the creek above John Cantril's house' (Marr), near Cantril's sawmill (not placed).

## Where it was

Centroid of the final-proof land (SE1/4 NE1/4 and NE1/4 SE1/4 Sec. 24, T9S R68W; SW1/4 NW1/4 and NW1/4 SW1/4 Sec. 19, T9S R67W), Castle Rock Journal notices of Oct.-Nov. 1884.

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

## Nearby

- [Glen Grove](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/glen-grove/): 0.7 mi northwest
- [Quick stone house (1884)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/quick-stone-house-1884/): 1.1 mi northwest
- [Fort Washington (1868)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/fort-washington-1868/): 1.1 mi northwest
- [Robinson homestead (Glen Grove PO?)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/robinson-homestead-glen-grove-po/): 1.1 mi southwest
- [Glen Grove Cemetery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/glen-grove-cemetery/): 1.5 mi northwest
- [Abbe Ranch House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/abbe-ranch-house/): 2.5 mi south

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