[7][8] The people of Iliff have proven to be a resilient folk, surviving a blizzard in 1949 and a flood in 1968.

On January 6, 1885, the city was surveyed and on May 4 of that year, a school district was organized.

By 1915 there was a Baptist church and a John Deere Implement Dealership added to the town.

In 1957 there were eleven businesses that slowly diminished with more people willing to drive 12 miles to Sterling, CO and the opening of Interstate 76, which took all but local travelers off of state highway 138.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.