Hygiene, Colorado

Hygiene is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Originally named Pella, the community’s present name stems from a time when it had a sanatorium to work with tuberculosis patients.

About Hygiene, Colorado

With a population of just a few hundred residents, Hygiene has maintained its identity as a quaint, rural farming town. The landscape around Hygiene features picturesque plains, rolling hills, grazing lands, and mountain views. While there is little commercial development, the town acts as a popular stopping point for cyclists and visitors traveling between Lyons and Longmont along Colorado’s scenic Route 66.

Hygiene History 

The first Brethren services in what is now Hygiene were led by James R. Gish in 1874. Jacob S. Flory, a Virginian Church of the Brethren (also known as “German Baptist”) minister, arrived in the Pella area in 1873 with his wife and eight children, establishing the St. Vrain congregation there in 1877. The St. Vrain Church of the Brethren was constructed in 1880 and was the denomination’s first meetinghouse in Colorado. Flory would establish the Hygiene Home, a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients in 1881. The three-story, 35-room house was sought by patients who hoped the area’s “clean, mountain air, low humidity, high elevation, and year-round sunshine” would help them recover; roughly one-third of Colorado’s population in 1900 were those seeking tuberculosis treatment. It is from the Hygiene House that the community receives its name.

Hygiene, Colorado Geography

Hygiene is located at 40°11′21.84″N 105°10′39.36″W (40.1894,-105.1776). Hygiene is centered around the intersection of State Highway 66 and Hygiene Road. The BNSF Railway has trackage on the south edge of Hygiene which is a branch line connecting Longmont and the Cemex cement plant at Lyons.

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