Abarr

Abarr, Colorado is a former small railroad and farming community in central Yuma County.

History

The town was originally platted as Brownsville in 1922 during a late wave of town‑site promotion tied to agricultural settlement and improved transportation across Yuma County. Within a year, the community adopted the new name Abarr in 1923 and secured a post office, marking its brief phase as an organized local service point for surrounding farms. The name Abarr was taken from a local family or landowner of that surname, reflecting a common High Plains pattern of renaming speculative townsites after prominent settlers or boosters rather than keeping more generic earlier names like Brownsville. The shift from Brownsville to Abarr in 1923 coincided with the establishment of the post office. Currently Abarr is essentially a Ghost Town.

Major Industries

During its prime in the late 1920's and 30's Abarr was primarly a farming and ranching community with a bit of railroad industry completing the areas economy. .

Geography

Its site lies at approximate GPS coordinates 39.851° W 102.707° W at an elevation of 4242 feet.

Obscure and Notable Facts

A little‑noted fact is that, despite its brief life and tiny size, Abarr gives its name not only to the townsite but to the USGS quadrangle sheet, ensuring that this almost vanished community remains embedded in cartographic and genealogical records long after its stores, school, and post office disappeared.