Como is located at the northern end of South Park, the town is a historic mining settlement founded during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1859. It sits approximately one-half mile north of Highway 285, approximately 8.5 miles northeast of Fairplay.

The area was first settled by Americans in 1859 during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush, when gold was discovered along Buckskin Creek, on the east side of the Mosquito Range. At the time of its first settlement, the town was in the western part of Kansas Territory.

Although there are many versions of this story this is the most common that many agree upon.
In a little town called Buckskin Joe’s there was a dance hall girl by the name of Silver Heels. She had arrived there in 1861 and lived in a small cabin that lay across the creek from town.
She arrived one day in a stagecoach wearing a veil and slippers with silver heels. She proceeded to walk into Billy Buck’s saloon, she received a job the moment she unveiled her face to reveal the most beautiful face ever seen in the camps. Her fame rolled through the park, sparked by her beauty and superb talent as a dancer.