Vroman, Colorado

A train passing through Vroman (2023)

Vroman is an unincorporated community in Otero County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

History

The settlement was founded around 1891.[2] A variant name was Weitzer, named after a local beet sugar factory manager named Frederick Weitzer.[3][2] A post office called Weitzer was established in 1908, the name was changed to Vroman in 1918, due to anti-German sentiment during World War I,[2] and the post office closed in 1954.[4] The community has the name of John C. Vroman, a local pioneer, businessman, and Otero County commissioner.[3][2]

In 1930, Vroman reached its highest-ever population of 605 people, with its population crashing during the Great Depression.[2] The Vroman School closed in 1971, and the site of the community is now a ghost town.[2] The school building, built in 1918 in the Mediterranean Revival style by architects Frederick Mountjoy and Frank W. Frewen, was listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties[5] but was destroyed by fire in 2005.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vroman, Colorado
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cutsforth, Kellen (January 4, 2017). "Ghost Town: Vroman, Colorado". HistoryNet. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 51.
  4. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "Vroman School | History Colorado". www.historycolorado.org. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
  6. ^ Mestas, Anthony A. (January 19, 2005). "Vroman school burns". The Pueblo Chieftain. Archived from the original on December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

38°05′23″N 103°48′37″W / 38.089761°N 103.810145°W / 38.089761; -103.810145

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