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Welcome to Fort Reynolds ...

Fort Reynolds is located in Pueblo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Reynolds, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Reynolds: Ft. Reynolds

Fort Reynolds is 4,530 feet [1,381 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Fort Reynolds is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Fort Reynolds: 719

Communities near Fort Reynolds ...

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

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 Fort Reynolds. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Reynolds.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Reynolds. 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 Fort Reynolds.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Reynolds ...

Looking for more information about Fort Reynolds? 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 Fort Reynolds, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Reynolds.

Adding Fort Reynolds to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Reynolds 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 for Fort Reynolds was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fort Reynolds post office opened in 1869.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Reynolds.

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 Fort Reynolds - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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