# Black Forest

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest/
- Also known as: the Pinery, the Pineries
- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.013, -104.7008 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Black Forest, 1960–1966 (one list has it still open)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

The Pineries: first sawmill 1860, logging peak 1870 (1987 plan). A center at Shoup and Black Forest roads in the 1930s; log school 1922; PO April 16, 1960; five-acre zoning 1965. Point is the GNIS populated place; the CDP's center is farther northeast.

Today: Census-designated place

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 193282

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

## Nearby

- [Black Forest Community Hall](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-community-hall/): 0.0 mi north
- [Black Forest Log School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-log-school/): 0.0 mi west
- [Black Forest General Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-general-store/): 0.0 mi south
- [Black Forest Community Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/black-forest-community-church/): 0.1 mi southeast
- [Collins and Morrell fox farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/collins-and-morrell-fox-farm/): 0.3 mi south
- [Casteel cabin and store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/casteel-cabin-and-store/): 0.3 mi north

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