# Falcon

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/falcon/

- Kind: Towns and settlements
- Status: Living today
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 38.933, -104.6086 (USGS GNIS point)
- Post office: Falcon, 1888–1942; mail later sent to Peyton

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

Junction of the Rock Island and the Denver & New Orleans; 'near the summit of the divide' (Hall 1891); PO Oct. 10, 1888 to Sept. 14, 1942.

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Populated Place 193381

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

## Nearby

- [Granger](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/granger/): 2.5 mi northeast
- [Forest View School site](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/forest-view-school-site/): 5.0 mi west
- [Ayer Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/ayer-ranch/): 5.2 mi north
- [Lindamood Homestead](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lindamood-homestead/): 5.4 mi west
- [Weir's Mill](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/weirs-mill/): 5.5 mi north
- [Brush Corral](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/brush-corral/): 5.5 mi north

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