Vroman, Colorado
Unincorporated community in Otero County, CO, USA
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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]
