Welcome to the Town of Haxtun

      Haxtun is a rural community located on the Northeast Plains of Colorado. Haxtun is a statutory town with a population of just under 1,000 residents, located in Phillips County along Highway 6. The Town Incorporated in July 1909 but was settled sometime between 1885 and 1887 by the Strohm Family. Miss Strohm wanted to name the town Lillydale, but Mr. Emerson who worked for the Lincoln Town Site Company bought the land for a thousand dollars in gold and named the settlement Haxtun, after a New York town on the Hudson River.     Read More