Get an ADT-Monitored Home Security System in Falcon, Colorado

Falcon is an unincorporated community exurb in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It lies along US 24 very nearly 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs. A railroad hub in the to the fore 20th century, the town spent several decades as a quiet ranching community until it experienced quick residential accumulation throughout the 1990s which has continued increasingly through today. The population of Falcon as of 2009 was estimated to be 10,514. The U.S. Post Office in Peyton, Colorado (ZIP Code 80831) serves Falcon postal addresses.

In 1888, the Place now known as “Falcon” was crossed by the railroads: first the Denver and New Orleans on a rail bed parallel to today’s Eastonville Road in 1882, then the Chicago and Rock Island upon a rail bed parallel to today’s U.S. Highway 24 during 1888. The lines’ intersection remains an important middle of the Falcon area today.

On September 20, 1888, the first announcement of “Falcon, Colorado” was advertised in the Colorado Springs Gazette. The Falcon Land and Town Company, associated afterward the Chicago Rock Island Railroad, were selling lots to individuals. By 1896, there were two hotels, a newspaper, six saloons, a pool hall, stockyards, two train depots, two general stores, a blacksmith shop and a school.