Beulah Valley, Colorado

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Beulah Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Beulah Valley CDP was 518 at the United States Census 2020.<ref name=CO_CDP_2020 /> The Beulah post office Template:Nowrap serves the area.<ref name=ZIPcode/>

History

The town of Mace's Hole was settled in 1862.<ref name=ColoPlaceNames/> The town was named for Juan Maes, anglicized to "Mace," a bandit who used the valley for a hideout.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Mace's Hole, Colorado Territory, post office opened on April 23, 1873,<ref name=CPO>Template:Cite book</ref> and Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.<ref name=Colorado_Statehood_Proclamation>Template:Cite web</ref> A local preacher took umbrage at the town's name and suggested the biblical name Beulah as a more wholesome alternative.<ref name=ColoPlaceNames/> The Mace's Hole post office was renamed Beulah on October 25, 1876.<ref name=CPO/> The name is a reference to Isaiah 62:4;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> it comes from the Hebrew for "married."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bishop Castle, constructed by Jim Bishop, otherwise known as a "one man castle", is located between Beulah and San Isabel, Colorado.