Prowers County officially became a county on May 3, 1889 when several counties were created from Bent County. The following is a list of towns and place names that has been compiled from a variety of sources.
| TOWN/PLACE NAME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Adams | Whistle stop on 1892 map. See Granada |
| Adana | See Granada |
| Adrian | See Martynia |
| Albany | Homesteading town built along a railroad survey route from Dodge City, KS to Trinidad. P O from 1887 to May of 1891. Named for Albany, NY, hometown of many of the settlers. P O became active again from 1897 to 1905. |
| Alliance | A non-existant town on the A.R. Black Ranch created during the race for a county seat for Prowers County. |
| Amity | A Salvation Army colony established in 1898. AT&SF depot and P O 1898-1937. Also called Fort Amity. Previously Yankee Bend. |
| A.R. Black Ranch | See Blackwell |
| Aubrey | See Albany |
| Ayr | Homesteading town located in "the Cedars". Began as Pilloud area, became Scotch Colony and then Ayr. P O from 1888-1893 but was on maps up until about 1915. |
| Barrel Formation/Barrel Springs | See Rinehart Hill |
| Barton | See Granada |
| BB Ranch | Ranch owned by Beales and Beattes(or Beatty). Also known as Yankee Bend and then Amity |
| Bent's New Fort | Stone fort built by William Bent in 1853, located at the western end of the Big Timbers, probably just over the line into Bent County. |
| Big Bend | AT&SF place names. See also Wiley |
| Big Salt Bottom | On the Santa Fe Trail near Wild Horse Creek, it was a lick or salt marsh. Also known as Red Willow Bottom or Red Willow Creek by the Cheyenne. |
| Big Timbers | A favorite campground by the Cheyenne. Charles Bent had a trading post here as early as 1844. Was also the site of a treaty council between the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes and the US, placing the Indians on a reservation. |
| Blackwell | Railroad Station and P O at the A.R. Black Ranch. P O operated 1881 to 1886. Became Dodge Ranch in 1903. Named changed by the railroad to Morse from 1886-1960 and then to Clucas in 1970. |
| Bristol | A homestead town settled in 1887. Located north of Granada in the "Haven" neighborhood. Town plat filed November 6, 1906. |
| Brown's Trail | Cattle trail south of Granada; part of the New Goodnight Trail |
| Buffalo Hunters Trail | Cattle trail leading southeast of Granada to Bear Creek |
| Butte Creek | Creek located south of Granada on the Texas-Montana Trail |
| Byron Station | See Granada |
| Camp Amache | Japanese internment camp during WWII. Located west of Granada. |
| Carlton | Known by AT&SF Railroad as the name of Grote. Carlton was formed in July, 1886. Plat filed July 14, 1887 and then refiled in 1900. Temporary name change to Conroe in 1893. P O from 1891 to 1960. |
| The Cedars | Southeast corner of Colorado. See Ayr. |
| Channing | Whistlestop on the Arkansas Valley (AV) Railway from 1909 through 1920. Located east of Kornman. |
| Cheney Center | Est about 1886; P O from 1917-1936. Located about 12 miles south of Holly. |
| Cherry Tree Home | Orphanage in Amity in 1901-1904. Became Emma Booth Tucker Sanitarium which closed in 1906, reopened and closed again in 1907. |
| Clay Creek | Farming community south of Lamar. See also Ayr, Scotch Colony, and Liberty. |
| Clover Meadow | See Wiley. Area was known by a variety of names including Pleasant Valley. |
| Crutch L Ranch | Originally homesteaded in 1872 and sold in 1885 to Sisson brothers, brand was Crutch-L. |
| Culver City | Suggested name for Trail City which was planned in 1884. Trail City was approved in 1885. RR station, stage stop, and P O until 1892. |
| Dead Horse Lake | About 20 miles north of Pretty Encampment into Kiowa County. Later known as Lake Devore. |
| Delite | Whistlestop on the AV line 3 miles northwest of Holly. |
| Devil's Gap | Canyon 5 miles east of North Butte Creek |
| Dodge Ranch | See Blackwell, also known as Morse and later, Clucas. |
| Duer | P O in operation from 1916-1920. Located about 25 miles south of Granada. Formed during the second homesteading era. |
| Ella | Campground and stage station on Santa Fe Trail as early as 1840. P O in operation from 1873 to 1876. |
| Empire Valley | One of several names used for locations in Wiley. |
| Farmington | Founded by a group of settlers from Farmington, IL in 1886. Changed name to Mulvane. |
| Gobblers Knob | See Rinehart Hill |
| Goodale | Community about 6 miles west of Bristol on the AV line from 1909 through 1920. |
| Goodnight Loving Trail | Cattle trail forged in 1860. See also New Goodnight Trail |
| Granada | Located 3 miles west of original location now known as Old Grenada. Old Grenada was established and platted June 10, 1873 with the coming of the AT&SF railroad. It ended in 1886 when the town moved to the new location. Inc 1887. Also known by Adana, Barton, Byron, Zuck at various points in time. |
| Grote | See Carlton |
| Halfway House | See New Stage Station |
| Holly |
Established 1873, incoporated 1903. Possibly the Sweetwater Ranch before the 1870's. Also known as the SS Ranch, Holleys Station, Holly Ranch. |
| Harvey House | Well known restaurants along the SF railroad. See also XY Ranch. |
| Hartman | Plat filed April 27, 1908, incorporated May 10, 1910. Next to Lancaster on the AV line. |
| James Camp | Landmark near North Butte |
| Karl | On the AV line, shown on 1920 map. |
| Kline | Waystop south of Old Grenada, shown on 1902 map. |
| Koen | See Manville. SF stop on maps from 1902 to 1920. |
| Kornman | Located 3 miles north of Lamar. SF stop on maps from 1909. Early reference for the Kornman Opera House in 1888. |
| Lake Devore | Earlier name of Dead Horse Lake located about 20 miles north of Pretty Encampment. |
| Lamar | Est and inc 1886. First P O opened August 14, 1886. Prowers County Seat. |
| Lancaster | Plat filed April 6, 1907. Only lasted one year. See also Hartman. |
| Liberty | See also Ayr, Clay Creek, Pilloud |
| McMillan(in) | Railroad P O 1886-1889. McMillan Ranch established in 1878. |
| Martynia | P O est 1892 included Adrian School House, in general area of Pleasant Valley. |
| May Valley | On AV line 7 miles north of Lamar. On maps from 1909 to 1968. |
| The Meadows | On maps in 1876, located in the Big Timbers area |
| Middle Water | Landmark on North Butte |
| Millwood | On AV line near Hartman, 1909 through 1920 |
| Mulvane | Platted in 1886. P O 1888 to 1893. See Farmington. |
| National Cattle Trail | Started in 1884 and ran along Colorado-Kansas border from North to South. |
| New Goodnight Trail | Cattle trail started in 1875. Trail began at Ft. Sumner and winding its way, came up from Two Buttes Creek to Granada and the Santa Fe Stockyards. |
| New Stage Station | On 1916 map. Located south of Ayr. Also known as Halfway House. |
| Newell's Island | Inhabited island located 3 miles from Granada on the Arkansas River. |
| North Butte | Creek near Two Buttes Mountain |
| Northway | Est October 9, 1916. P O until 1919. Located 3 miles east of Two Buttes Mountain. |
| Old Grenada | Platted June 10, 1873. Town disbanded in 1886 and moved to new location. P O until 1885. Old Grenada became the XY Ranch and then Heron in 1902. |
| Paradise Flats | Stretch of prairie located 20 miles south of Holly near Webb. |
| Parrish | Located on Parrish Ranch, west of Bristol from 1909 through 1920 |
| Petrified Forrest | An ancient forest located 3 miles northwest of Two Buttes Mountain, near the head of North Butte Creek. |
| Pilloud | See Ayr |
| Plains | Rural P O from 1908 to 1921. Located south of Webb |
| Pleasant Camp | Popular campground on Wild Horse Creek. Also known as Pretty Encampment or Beautiful Encampment |
| Pleasant Valley | See Wiley. Apparently covers several communities such as Big Bend, May Valley, Kornman, Enterprise, Wheat Ridge, Clover Meadow, and Empire Valley. |
| Pole Pens | Located on North Butte Creek about 10 miles northeast of Two Buttes Mountain. |
| Poverty Ridge | One of Lamar's earliest suburbs. Name later changed to Prosperity Lane. |
| Red Willow Bottom | See Big Salt Bottom |
| Rinehart Hill | Stage Station. Also known as Halfway House, New Stage Station. Area also has several odd rock formations such as Gobblers Knob, Barrel Formation/Barrel Springs. |
| Rowe | Rural P O from 1898 to 1900. See Wiley |
| Scotch Colony | Began in 1886. Also known previously as Pilloud, became Ayr, Clay Creek, and then Liberty. |
| SS Ranch | Ranch owned by Hiram S. Holly which eventually became the town of Holly. |
| Sugardale | On maps 1909 through 1920. Located 2 miles east of Wiley. Still listed as the place name, Sugar. |
| Texas-Montana Trail | Cattle trail starting from Cimarron, NM to Butte Creek, west to Clay Creek up to the Arkansas River and eventually ending in Miles City, MT. |
| Trail City | 1885-1887. Town on the National Cattle Trail, on the Colorado-Kansas border. See also Culver City. |
| Two Buttes Mountain | |
| Verdun | Rural P O open during 1920 |
| Warwick | On AV line east of Bristol. Shown on 1916 and 1920 maps. |
| Webb | Rural P O 1910 to 1919. Located south of Holly |
| Wild Horse Creek | A stream on the northside of the Arkansas River that contained the spot known as Pretty Encampment. |
| Wilde | Est 1887. P O 1887-1893 |
| Wiley | P O starting in 1899. Inc January 28, 1909. Area includes a variety of communities such as May Valley, Kornman, Enterprise, Wheat Ridge, Clover Meadow, Pleasant Valley, Empire Valley, Adrian, and Martynia. |
| Yankee Bend | Beales and Beattes Ranch headquarters in 1872. It was a stage stop and trading post and later became Amity. |
| XY Ranch | Fred Harvey Ranch started in 1885 near Old Grenada. P O from 1895 to 1917. Townsite of Old Grenada became ranch headquarters when town moved in 1886. Fresh beef from the ranch provided the steaks for the famous Harvey Houses. |
| Zuck | See Granada |
GROFUTT'S GRIP-SACK GUIDE OF COLORADO, 1885, by George A. Grofutt; Lists..."every city, town, village, station, medicinal spring, resort, and important mining camp in the state."
A Prowers County Historyby Ava Betz, published in 1986 by The Prowers County Historical Society
Prowers Western Passage-Historical Sites, published in 1976 by the Prowers County Centennial Bicentennial Committee
1872 County Map of Colorado
http://www.ismi.net/chnegw/1872colorado.htm
Map is quite large and takes awhile to downloadProwers County, Colorado 1895
http://www.livgenmi.com/prowersCO.htm
Map is quite large and takes awhile to download
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