Editing Timnath, Colorado (section)

==History==
[[File:Timnath-PresChurch.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Timnath Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]].]] [[File:Timnath-ElementarySchool-OldBuilding.JPG|left|thumb|200px|The 1900 school building, now a secondary building to Timnath Elementary School.]]
The area was first [[Homestead Act|homesteaded]] by settlers in 1869. The first schoolhouse was constructed that year, approximately one-half mile west of the current town, and was named "Fairview". By 1880, the community had outgrown the schoolhouse, and new "Fairview" school was built just north of the current town. The school also served as an early meeting place for the [[Presbyterian Church]]. The turning point in the early history of the community was in 1882, with the arrival of the [[Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad]] (controlled by the Union Pacific) linking [[Greeley, Colorado|Greeley]] and Fort Collins. The following year, the Presbyterian Church, petitioned by local residents, sent a missionary to found a congregation. The current structure along Main Street dates from that year.

A post office was established in 1884, headed by Reverend Charles A. Taylor, the local Presbyterian [[religious minister|minister]]. When the post office was formed, Taylor bestowed the current name of the town from the 14th chapter of the [[Book of Judges]], as [[Timnah|the place]] where [[Samson]] went to obtain a [[Philistines|Philistine]] wife. In 1900 the second school became outdated and a new one was built, dropping the name "Fairview" permanently. This structure currently stands as an out-building to the current elementary school. A larger school was built in 1918 (which burned in 1935 and was rebuilt the following year). The school district was consolidated with that of Fort Collins in 1960.

During [[World War II]], the [[Empire of Japan]] launched [[Fu-Go balloon bomb]]s that floated across the Pacific to the U.S. One of these bombs dropped and exploded in a field in Timnath.<ref name="colordoan">{{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Barbara|title=Fleming: Bomb dropped on Swets farm during WWII|url=http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2014/05/11/fleming-bomb-fell-timnath/8973933/|website=The Coloradoan|accessdate=March 22, 2016}}</ref>