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.
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.