Palmer Divide Research

Franceville

Towns and settlementsHistoric or vanishedEl Paso County

What we know

Coal camp (Hall).

Where it was

Wikipedia (approximate)

Wikipedia's coordinates; approximate, and still to be confirmed.

See it on the map

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.

Know more about Franceville?

Corrections, family stories, photographs, deeds, letters and maps are all welcome. Messages and files come to Michael Christensen privately; nothing appears on the site until it has been checked, and you'll be credited the way you ask.