unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Baca County, Colorado
Baca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 3,506. The county seat is Springfield, Colorado, Springfield. Located at the southeast corner of Colorado, the c ...
, United States.
History
Edler was named for Dr. Edler, one of the first homesteaders in the community.
Edler's post office was established in 1916. Edler was two miles northwest of Holmes City.
In the 1920s, Edler had two mercantiles and a blacksmith shop. The Edler area was noted for its dairy industry, and two cream stations had been established in Edler.
In the 1930s, the community of Edler was the location of several petroleum test sites. In 1936, William A. Arbuthnot organized the Edler
Grange
Grange may refer to:
Buildings
* Grange House, Scotland, built in 1564, and demolished in 1906
* Grange Estate, Pennsylvania, built in 1682
* The Grange (Toronto), Toronto, Ontario, built in 1817
* Monastic grange, a farming estate belonging to ...
. The Edler Grange was #426.
In 1940, Edler's population was 24. The Edler post office, which had operated in the community for more than 30 years, closed in 1948.
By the 1950s, there was a school and bus barn and the Edler Community Church. Edler's population was 30 in 1960.
By the 1990s, Edler was stated to be "surrounded by sand sagebrush, yucca, blue grama, buffalo grass, side-oats grama, and red threeawn. The population is 25."
Geography
Edler is located within the
Comanche National Grassland
Comanche National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southeastern Colorado, United States. It is the sister grassland of Cimarron National Grassland and contains both prairie grasslands and canyons. It is separated into two sections, ...
in southern Baca County. It is located at the junction of County Road P and County Road 17.
References
See also
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List of cities and towns in Colorado
The U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado has 273 municipal corporation, active municipalities, comprising 198 towns, 73 City, cities, and two Consolidated city-county, consolidated city and county governments. The Denver, City and County of Denver ...