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Welcome to Cedarwood ...

Cedarwood is located in Pueblo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedarwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Cedarwood is 5,600 feet [1,707 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cedarwood is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cedarwood lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Cedarwood: 719

Communities Also Named Cedarwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Cedarwood - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Maryland (2), Massachusetts and South Carolina (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedarwood.

Communities near Cedarwood ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cedarwood.

  • Rye
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Rye is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <3>
  • Lascar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lascar is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
  • Colorado City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
  • Apache City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
  • Greenhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Cuchara Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchara Junction
  • Lombard Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
  • Salt Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Salt Creek is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
  • Beulah Valley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
  • Calumet
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Calumet is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cedarwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedarwood.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cedarwood. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedarwood.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedarwood. See our Newspapers Page for Cedarwood.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedarwood ...

Looking for more information about Cedarwood? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cedarwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cedarwood.

Adding Cedarwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedarwood in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cedarwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cedarwood post office opened in 1912. The Cedarwood post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedarwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Pueblo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedarwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/