Governor Benjamin Eaton is the namesake for the town of Eaton, and is credited with the first to design and run irrigation from the Rocky Mountains to the eastern plains of Colorado. Today, Eaton's 6,000 residents have direct access via Highway 85 to Denver International Airport.
Much of the farming country around Eaton, Colorado continues to depend on the irrigation systems engineered by Eaton and others to this day. Eaton later served as Governor of Colorado from 1885 to 1887. The town of Eaton was incorporated in 1892. Eaton was first named Eatonton to avoid conflict with the Easton post office in El Paso County. When Easton eventually changed its name to Eastonville, the last syllable of Eatonton was dropped, and the town has since been known as Eaton.
Maplewood Estates, Hawkstone, Governor’s Ranch, Eaton Commons, Camfield, and Aspen Meadows make up the newer neighborhoods in Eaton, along with a respectable number of early 1900’s homes. Average home values have increased 123 % in the last ten years.
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