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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.
Pages in category "Ghost towns in Colorado" The following 187 pages are in this category, out of 187 total. ... Old Roach, Colorado; Oro City, Colorado; Osier ...
Buckskin Joe is an extinct gold mining town located in Park County, Colorado, United States. The town was founded in 1860 as Laurette in what was then the Kansas Territory. The Territory of Colorado was created on February 28, 1861, and the Laurette post office opened on November 14, 1861. Laurette was elected the Park County seat on January 7 ...
Near Aspen, Colorado, the mining town of Ashcroft had 2,000 residents and 20 saloons in 1883 but was abandoned 5 years later. Here's a look at it now. Near Aspen, Colorado, the mining town of ...
Crystal (also known as Crystal City) is a ghost town on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains along a four-wheel-drive road 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Marble and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Crested Butte. Crystal was a mining camp established in 1881 and after several decades of ...
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. The mining industry started ...
Old School, Russell Gulch. Russell Gulch, is a former mining town, now largely a ghost town, in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. [1] Although the population was once much larger than today, and most of the larger commercial buildings stand empty, the town is not completely deserted.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. [1] Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi (3.2 km) east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft (3,508 m), Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. [2]