Doyleville is named after Henry Doyle who, along with his wife Susan and their children,[3] homesteaded 160 acres along Tomichi Creek in 1876.

The settlement became a stop for the Barlow and Sanderson stage, and a train station was later established with the arrival of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in the summer of 1881.

The Doyleville station allowed area ranchers to ship hay and livestock by rail to markets east over the Continental Divide.

[2][4][5][6] Activity in Doyleville greatly diminished when the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad discontinued passenger service in 1940 and completely abandoned the line in 1955.

[4][5][6] In its early years this settlement or its train station briefly assumed various names included Doyle, Doylestown, Gilman, and Hot Springs.