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Welcome to Rustic ...

Rustic is located in Larimer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rustic, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Rustic is 11,270 feet [3,435 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Rustic is about 2¼ miles [or ~3½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Rustic: 970 & 748<3>

Communities Also Named Rustic ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Rustic - they are located in Idaho and Virginia.

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

Communities near Rustic ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rustic ...

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

Adding Rustic to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rustic 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 Rustic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Rustic post office opened in 1880. The Rustic post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rustic.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Larimer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rustic - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Rustic area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Rustic area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/