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Monument's first homesteaders arrived in 1865 to mark out the town's preliminary shape, but settlement increased when Monument became a stop along the Rio Grande Railroad in 1872. The area was incorporated as a town called Henry's Station, after prominent settler Henry Limbach, on June 2, 1879, and the first town meeting was held July 3, 1879. However, three years later the name was changed to Monument after Monument Creek and Monument Rock in the west. The first records of the town can be found in various volumes in the El Paso County Courthouse dating back to 1872. With the help of the railroad, which brought in necessities, people started small businesses and started to create a town.

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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Monument

1 place in Monument is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#121
In Coloradoby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1988first listedLewis, Inez Johnson, School

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Lewis, Inez Johnson, School
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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
Listed 1988Lewis, Inez Johnson, SchoolBuildingEducation
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

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