What we know
PO opened June 13, 1870 as Gomer's Mill, Elbert from June 27, 1882; 'on the head of Kiowa Creek' (Crofutt 1881); D&NO 1881; platted 1884.
Today: Census-designated place
Where it was
USGS GNIS Populated Place 193207
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.