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The location of the State of Colorado in the United States. This is a list of some notable ghost towns in the U.S. State of Colorado. A ghost town is a former community that now has no year-round residents or less than 1% of its peak population. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns, although visible remains of only about 640 still exist.
The town was a ghost town by the 1920s. Today Abandoned building, Animas Forks. The site continues as a tourist attraction. A Colorado State Historical Fund grant to San Juan County, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, provided for stabilization of the remaining structures in 1997 and 1998.
Keota is a mostly abandoned town located on the prairie in the Pawnee National Grasslands in Weld County in the U.S. state of Colorado . Keota's elevation is 4,964 ft (1,513 m). [1] Keota is located approximately 50 miles east of Fort Collins on County Road 103.
8,924 ft (2,720 m) GNIS feature ID. 188360. Vulcan is a ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, [1] approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the City of Gunnison. Vulcan was a mining camp established along Camp Creek in 1894 and was deserted within thirty years. [2] [3]
Saint Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. [2] Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet (3,036 m). Nearly 2,000 people settled in this town when mining for gold and silver started.
Preston, Colorado. / 39.49583°N 106.02111°W / 39.49583; -106.02111. Preston is a ghost town in Summit County, Colorado. It is located east of modern Breckenridge, between Jessie mine in Gold Run Gulch and the Jumbo mine.
Manhattan, Colorado. Coordinates: 40°43′56″N 105°36′00″W. Manhattan gold mining town, 1888. Manhattan is a ghost town located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Rustic in Larimer County, Colorado, United States [1] at an elevation of 8,474 feet (2,583 m). [2] It became a mining town after discovery of gold in the area in September 1886.
Old Roach, Colorado. Coordinates: 40°55′28″N 106°07′02″W. Old Roach is a ghost town in northwestern Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Once a company logging town, occupied roughly between 1923 and 1938, it lies in northern Colorado near the Wyoming border. Old Roach was built by the Otto Lumber Company for the purpose of ...