Peyton, CO

Peyton is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The 2020 census counted 214 residents. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Peyton was settled by George Peyton in 1888 and was surveyed and platted on December 25 of that year. The Black Squirrel Creek Bridge, a property formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was located between Peyton and Falcon, Colorado. The bridge was dismantled and replaced in 2012. A newcomer can read Peyton through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Peyton comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Originally called Mayfield, the settlement was renamed Peyton after the post office had been refused under that name because there was already a Mayfield, California. Peyton includes the Homestead Ranch Regional Park.