Badito is located at the intersection of Colorado State Highway 69 and County Road 520.

The long-abandoned community, located at the crossing of the Huerfano River, marks a path used by the Ancestral Puebloans during the Basketmaker era.

A Spanish expedition led by General Juan de Ulibarrí is the first known recorded journey through Badito.

In 1819, Jacob Fowler noted an abandoned Spanish adobe fort at the location.

[3] The Little Orphan, Colorado Territory, post office opened on May 1, 1865, but the name was changed to Badito on September 12 of that year.