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History · Genoa

Genoa’s post office opened in 1895, and 64% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1930.

1895first post office
0on the National Register
64%homes built before 1940
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How Genoa began

When was Genoa founded?

1895

The Genoa post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 218 in 19302020 census: 153131 years
Founding year: the first Genoa post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Genoa’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Genoa are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Genoa’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 257 in 1950; 153 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Genoa’s history is told.

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The story

How Genoa came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Genoa.

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A post office called Genoa has been in operation since 1903. The town most likely was named after Genoa, in Italy. Genoa was incorporated as a statutory town in 1905.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Genoa, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 257

Peaked at 257 in 1950; 153 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Genoa’s Wikipedia page.

Timeline

Genoa, 1895 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Genoa post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 257
  5. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Genoa, decade by decade

Today7 recent
Genoa Colorado Main street. January 20242024Genoa Colorado Main street. January 2024World's Wonder View Tower2019World's Wonder View TowerGenoa, Colorado2019Genoa, ColoradoI-70 Between Genoa and Arriba, Colorado2013I-70 Between Genoa and Arriba, ColoradoGenoa, Colorado2013Genoa, ColoradoGenoa Colorado - downtown2010Genoa Colorado - downtownCOMap-doton-Genoa2005COMap-doton-Genoa
On the map

Genoa on the map, 1954 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Genoa. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Genoa on the 1954 USGS mapGenoa on the 1984 USGS map1954Limon sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Genoa.

Questions about Genoa’s history

What year was Genoa founded?

The Genoa post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (7), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.