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Leadville (/ ˈ l ɛ d v ɪ l / LED-vil) [9] is a statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] The city population was 2,633 at the 2020 census . [ 7 ]
The Leadville Historic District is in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. The National Historic Landmark District includes 67 mines in the mining district east of the city up to the 12,000 foot (3658 m) level, and a defined portion of the village area. It was designated in 1961.
The City of Leadville, Colorado has been the highest elevation incorporated city in the United States since its incorporation on February 18, 1878. The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m).
The California Gulch site consists of approximately 18 square miles in Lake County, Colorado. The area includes the city of Leadville, parts of the Leadville Historic Mining District and a section of the Arkansas River from the confluence of California Gulch downstream to the confluence of Two-Bit Gulch. [1]
Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,436. [1] The county seat and the only municipality in the county is Leadville. [2] The highest natural point in Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 14,440 feet (4,400 meters) elevation.
Built by Horace Tabor, who went on to become the town's first mayor, it was the most costly structure in Colorado at the time, with materials being brought by wagons from Denver. [2] The massive three-story opera house, constructed of stone, brick, and iron, was called "Leadville's finest brick structure". [3]
Oro City, an early Colorado gold placer mining town located about a mile east of Leadville in California Gulch, was the location to one of the richest placer gold strikes in Colorado, with estimated gold production of 120,000–150,000 ozt (8,200–10,300 lb; 3,700–4,700 kg), worth $2.5 to $3 million at the then-price [clarification needed ...
Leadville North is bordered to the south by the City of Leadville, the county seat.. U.S. Route 24 forms the eastern edge of the community. The highway leads north 31 miles (50 km) over the Continental Divide to Interstate 70 (I-70) at Minturn, and it runs south through Leadville 35 miles (56 km) to Buena Vista.