State atlas · filed under CO
Ghost Towns of Colorado
584 sites surveyed across Colorado — 1 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 584 vanished or historical sites in Colorado — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
TownYearsLast pop.Classification
St. ElmoChaffee Co.Verified Ghost TownThe full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Colorado — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AdelaideLake Co.AlpineChaffee Co.AltaSan Miguel Co.AltmanTeller Co.American CityGilpin Co.AnacondaTeller Co.Animas ForksSan Juan Co.ApexGilpin Co.Astor CityEagle Co.Badger House CommunityMontezuma Co.BaltimoreGilpin Co.Bear RiverRoutt Co.BeartownSan Juan Co.BrookfieldBaca Co.BrumleyLake Co.CampbelltownGunnison Co.Capers SpurPueblo Co.Capitol CityHinsdale Co.CarbonateGarfield Co.CardinalBoulder Co.CaribouBoulder Co.ChandlerFremont Co.ChattanoogaSan Juan Co.Chimney RockArchuleta Co.ClimaxLake Co.CoronaGrand Co.De NovaWashington Co.DelaguaLas Animas Co.DudleyPark Co.DyersvilleSummit Co.Echo HouseMontezuma Co.ForbesLas Animas Co.Fort JulesburgSedgwick Co.Fort Saint VrainWeld Co.Fort SedgwickSedgwick Co.Garland CityCostilla Co.GillettTeller Co.GladstoneSan Juan Co.Grand IslandBoulder Co.GriffthLa Plata Co.GustonOuray Co.HancockChaffee Co.HessieBoulder Co.Holy Cross CityEagle Co.HorseshoePark Co.IndependencePitkin Co.IndependenceTeller Co.IolaGunnison Co.Iron CityChaffee Co.KokomoSummit Co.LeavickPark Co.LeonardSan Miguel Co.LogtownLa Plata Co.MadridLas Animas Co.ManhattanLarimer Co.MidwayGunnison Co.MirageSaguache Co.Mound CityTeller Co.NathropChaffee Co.NinetyfourClear Creek Co.Old Fort BentOtero Co.Old Fort VasquezWeld Co.Old Mountain ViewEl Paso Co.OroLake Co.Park CityPark Co.ParkvilleSummit Co.PerigoGilpin Co.PhoenixGilpin Co.PiedmontLas Animas Co.PrestonSummit Co.PrimeroLas Animas Co.QuartzvillePark Co.RexfordSummit Co.RomleyChaffee Co.RubyPitkin Co.RuediEagle Co.Saint ElmoChaffee Co.Saint ThomasLas Animas Co.Saints JohnSummit Co.SedgewickSaguache Co.Seven LakesTeller Co.ShavanoChaffee Co.ShirleyChaffee Co.SilverdaleClear Creek Co.SneffelsOuray Co.SoprisLas Animas Co.Sopris PlazaLas Animas Co.StonewallChaffee Co.SummitvilleRio Grande Co.Swallows NestMontezuma Co.SwanChaffee Co.TigerSummit Co.TomboySan Miguel Co.TrumpPark Co.TuckervilleLa Plata Co.TungstenBoulder Co.TuttleKit Carson Co.UlaCuster Co.ViolaLas Animas Co.VulcanGunnison Co.WeaverMineral Co.WezelLincoln Co.WideawakeGilpin Co.WortmanLake Co.YankeeClear Creek Co.