Poncha Springs, CO

Colorado · Chaffee County

Poncha Springs is a small town in Colorado with a population of 842. Residents earn $94,028 per year, which is 25% above the national average.

3.4 /5.0

B Good

842 Population 273/sq mi density

$94,028 Median Income $55,452 per capita

$475,600 Home Value $556,920 Zillow

$1,188 Median Rent 31.4% income on rent

46°F Avg Temperature 330 sunny days/yr

147 Violent Crime/100K 3,172 property/100K

Overall

3.4 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

A+

Economy

4.9 / 5.0

$94,028 median income, 0.0% unemployment

B+

Affordability

3.8 / 5.0

$475,600 home value, $1,188/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

147 violent crimes/100K (61% below avg)

B+

Education

3.8 / 5.0

34.5% bachelor's degree or higher

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Haunted Places Near Poncha Springs, CO

2 reported haunted locations found near Poncha Springs, CO.

Name	Description
Mears Junction	Along the old "Chile Line" abandoned Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, above Mears Junction (about 2 miles up to the south), used to be a water tank where trains would stop to replenish water for their boilers so they could make it over Poncha Pass. The story goes that one time in the fall of 1894, when the train stopped, a small child named Annabell got off the train to walk in the woods awhile with her brother. When the train started up she was no where to be found. Her parents and brother go...
Poncha Pass	A civil war haunting is present just off the highway on the north side of the pass on a big curve, where according to Union Army records, a small contingent of troops encountered a renegade bunch of Southern soldiers running from a posse of mounted volunteers. It seems they had been sent by the South to intercept a gold shipment and take it back to Texas. They were successful in stealing the gold shipment on a wagon and had almost crossed Poncha Pass when they ran into a Union patrol form Ft ...

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Mears Junction

Along the old "Chile Line" abandoned Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, above Mears Junction (about 2 miles up to the south), used to be a water tank where trains would stop to replenish water for their boilers so they could make it over Poncha Pass. The story goes that one time in the fall of 1894, when the train stopped, a small child named Annabell got off the train to walk in the woods awhile with her brother. When the train started up she was no where to be found. Her parents and brother go...

Poncha Pass

A civil war haunting is present just off the highway on the north side of the pass on a big curve, where according to Union Army records, a small contingent of troops encountered a renegade bunch of Southern soldiers running from a posse of mounted volunteers. It seems they had been sent by the South to intercept a gold shipment and take it back to Texas. They were successful in stealing the gold shipment on a wagon and had almost crossed Poncha Pass when they ran into a Union patrol form Ft ...

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