Villa Grove, Colorado

Coordinates: 38°14′53″N 105°56′56″W / 38.24806, -105.94889
Villa Grove, Colorado
Location in Saguache County and the state of Colorado
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Saguache County^[1]
Established	1870^[2]
Government
- Type	unincorporated town
Elevation ^[1]	7,986 ft (2,434 m)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code^[3]	81155
GNIS feature ID	0204776

Villa Grove is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office located in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. The Villa Grove Post Office has the ZIP Code 81155.^[3]

[edit] History

The town of Garibaldi was established by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1870.^[2] The town served as the southern terminus of the Rio Grande's narrow-gauge Poncha Pass line from 1870 to 1890.^[2] The town was named for Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.^[2] The Garibaldi Post Office opened on June 13, 1870.^[4] The town's name was changed to the less political Villa Grove on January 19, 1872.^[4] The spelling of the town's name was changed to Villagrove on October 12, 1894, and back to Villa Grove on July 1, 1950.^[4]

Villa Grove is located at 38°14′53″N, 105°56′56″W (38.248157,-105.948887).

^ ^a ^b US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Eichler, Geo. R. (1977). Colorado Place Names. Johnson Publishing Company.
^ ^a ^b ZIP Code Lookup (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service (January 3, 2007). Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bauer, William H.; James L. Ozment, John H. Willard (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859-1989. The Colorado Railroad Museum. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.