Palmer Divide Research

Elbert

Also: Gomer's Mill

Towns and settlementsLiving todayElbert County

What we know

PO opened June 13, 1870 as Gomer's Mill, Elbert from June 27, 1882; 'on the head of Kiowa Creek' (Crofutt 1881); D&NO 1881; platted 1884.

Today: Census-designated place

Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 193207

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 Elbert?

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