Husted,_Colorado Knowpia

Husted is an extinct town located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Husted was a settlement on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and located thirteen miles (20.9 km) north of Colorado Springs. Residents were involved in ranching and lumber businesses.^[1] The Husted post office operated from October 1, 1878, until October 15 1920.^[2]

Early El Paso County Colorado map. Husted was between Monument and Colorado Springs, Colorado and its site is now in the northern portion of the Air Force Academy.

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^ George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 106.
^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.

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State of Colorado
- History Colorado

[Crofutt-1] George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 106.

[CPO-2] Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.

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