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Town
of Elbert, Elbert County, Colorado
Elbert County was formed in 1874,
named after Samuel Hitt Elbert, Colorado's
territorial governor and State Supreme Court
Justice. Our little town was also named after
Samuel Hitt Elbert just as our tallest peak and
our county. The town of Elbert grew along side of
the Railroad tracks of the Colorado and Southern,
Denver and New Orleans, Rock Island. It was a busy
business center in the middle of some of the best
farms and ranches in Colorado until a flood swept
away most of the town on May 30, 1935. Elbert
never recovered from the flood, but it is again
blossoming in it's own right. Buildings and homes
are being restored and as in all small towns it is
the people who give this sleepy little hamlet it's
personality. Elbert is a small prairie town
located about 35 miles SE of Parker, Colorado and
35 miles NE of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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