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Welcome to San Isabel ...

San Isabel is located in Custer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Isabel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1936.

San Isabel is 8,510 feet [2,594 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of San Isabel is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for San Isabel: 719

Communities Also Named San Isabel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named San Isabel: This one is located in Custer County and the other is located in Saguache County.

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

Communities near San Isabel ...

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

  • Rye
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Beulah Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Beulah Valley is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Valley
  • Beulah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Colorado City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
  • Greenhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
  • Apache City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
  • Gardner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Bradford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradford is located in Huerfano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
  • Querida ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Querida is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Querida
    • Querida has also been known as:
    • Bassick
    • Querida Junction

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Isabel ...

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

Adding San Isabel to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the San Isabel post office opened in 1936. The San Isabel post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Isabel.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Isabel - 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/