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Welcome to Goodpasture ...

Goodpasture is located in Pueblo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goodpasture, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Goodpasture is 6,110 feet [1,862 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Goodpasture is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Goodpasture: 719

Communities near Goodpasture ...

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

  • Rye
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Colorado City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
  • Greenhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Greenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Siloam
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Siloam is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
  • Wetmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Apache City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
  • Lascar
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lascar is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
  • Pueblo West
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pueblo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pueblo is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,751 people
    • Former names for Pueblo:
    • Bessemer
    • Central Pueblo
    • South Pueblo
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pueblo <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goodpasture ...

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

Adding Goodpasture to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Goodpasture 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 Goodpasture was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Goodpasture post office opened in 1895. The Goodpasture post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Goodpasture.

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 Goodpasture - 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/