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History · Green Mountain Falls

Green Mountain Falls’ post office opened in 1888, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1901 on, and the census since 1900.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
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From Green Mountain Falls’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Green Mountain Falls began

When was Green Mountain Falls founded?

1888

The Green Mountain Falls post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 40 in 19002020 census: 646138 years
Founding year: the first Green Mountain Falls post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Green Mountain Falls’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1920 and 1930, then grew more than tenfold.On the map since 19015 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1994. Watch Green Mountain Falls change.Old housesHalf of Green Mountain Falls’ homes were built before 1947.
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Start Green Mountain Falls’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Green Mountain Falls’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Green Mountain Falls, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020100 in 1920Low: 41

Lost half of its people between 1920 and 1930, then grew more than tenfold.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Green Mountain Falls’ Wikipedia page.

On the map

Green Mountain Falls on the map, 1901 to 1994

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

Green Mountain Falls on the 1901 USGS mapGreen Mountain Falls on the 1954 USGS mapGreen Mountain Falls on the 1976 USGS mapGreen Mountain Falls on the 1985 USGS mapGreen Mountain Falls on the 1994 USGS map1901Pikes Peak sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Green Mountain Falls, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Green Mountain Falls yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

The Town of Green Mountain Falls is a statutory town located in El Paso and Teller counties of the U.S. of State of Colorado. The town population was 646 at the 2020 United States Census with 622 residents in El Paso County and 24 residents in Teller County. Green Mountain Falls is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. In 1968, officials in Green Mountain Falls conducted a resurvey of the 1890 legal description of the town's corporate limits and found "that the town hall, the magistrate's office, the post office, the community center, the civic swimming pool, and nearly half of the residents are located outside city limits" and …

Its first post office opened in 1888. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 640 in 2010, 646 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Green Mountain Falls, 1888 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Green Mountain Falls post office opens
  3. 1890In the archiveGreen Mountain Falls
  4. 20th century
  5. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1912In the archivePavilion and Lake
  7. 1941In the archiveGreen Mountain Falls CO - Panorama of Green Mountain Falls (Alt. 7,800 Ft.) In Ute Pass,.…
  8. 21st century
  9. 2000CensusPopulation peaks at 773
By decade

Green Mountain Falls, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1940s4 items
Green Mountain Falls1890Green Mountain FallsPavilion and Lake1912Pavilion and LakeGreen Mountain Falls CO - Panorama of Green Mountain Falls (Alt. 7,800 Ft.) In Ute Pass,... (NBY 430527)1941Green Mountain Falls CO - Panorama of Green Mountain …Green Mountain Falls CO - Panorama of Green Mountain Falls (Alt. 7,800 Ft.) In Ute Pass,... (NBY 430528)1941Green Mountain Falls CO - Panorama of Green Mountain …
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 recent
YaacovAgam GreenMtFalls Sculpture2022YaacovAgam GreenMtFalls SculptureLong image of bench sm2019Long image of bench smGreen Mtn Falls landoffice2010Green Mtn Falls landoffice2010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map for Woodland Park, Colorado20102010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map for Woodland …Book
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Green Mountain Falls
Retake this viewGreen Mountain Falls, 1890

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Green Mountain Falls’s post office has been open since 1888.

Gone or out of use
Green Mountain Falls Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Cascade-Chipita Park1 historic placeA−

Questions about Green Mountain Falls’ history

What year was Green Mountain Falls founded?

The Green Mountain Falls post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (6), the Library of Congress (2), 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.