# Monument

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/monument/
- Also known as: Henry's Station; Dutch Henry's
- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.0917, -104.8728 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Monument, 1869 to today; Henry's, 1869–?

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

PO April 8, 1869; D&RG station of fall 1871 first called Henry's Station; plat recorded Jan. 5, 1874; incorporation election June 2, 1879 (McFarling 1958). The 1870 'Monument' was Edgerton.

Today: Town of Monument

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 204795

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

## Nearby

- [Higby Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/higby-store/): 0.0 mi east
- [Lierd's Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lierds-store/): 0.0 mi north
- [Methodist parsonage (Father Dyer, 1874)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/methodist-parsonage-father-dyer-1874/): 0.1 mi northeast
- [St. Peter Catholic Church (1911)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/st-peter-catholic-church-1911/): 0.1 mi southeast
- [Inez J. Lewis School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/inez-j-lewis-school/): 0.1 mi southeast
- [Monument Presbyterian Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/monument-presbyterian-church/): 0.1 mi northeast

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