Center, CO

Center is a statutory town split between Saguache and Rio Grande counties, near the middle of the San Luis Valley. Its post office began as Centerview in 1898, shortened to Center the following year, and the town incorporated in 1907. The name is as literal as the geography, but the county line gives the place a small administrative twist: Center sits in two counties while operating as one town. The school map includes Center High School and the San Luis Valley Academic Recovery Center, and the town’s cold-desert climate matches the broad valley around it. Center is a Colorado valley town whose story starts with a post-office change and ends up on a county line.