- List of ghost towns in Colorado
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Main article: List of ghost towns in the United StatesThis is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Colorado, a state of the United States. Colorado has over 1,500 ghost towns. Currently only about 640 remain. Due to incomplete records and legends that are now accepted as fact, no list will ever be complete. Ghost towns are predominantly of few reasons: mining towns, abandoned when the mines closed; many due to the devaluation of silver in 1893, mill towns that were abandoned when the mining towns closed, farming towns on the eastern plains deserted due to rural depopulation, coal towns abandoned when the coal, or need for it ran out, stage stops abandoned when the railroad came through, and the rail stops that were deserted when then railroad changed routes or abandoned the spurs. Some were resort towns which never brought in enough tourists. One or two were caused by the creation of reservoirs, or covered in mining tailings, as noted below.
The ghost towns are listed sortable by town or county.
See also
- List of ghost towns in the United States
- State of Colorado
- List of cities and towns in Colorado
- List of forts in Colorado
- List of ghost towns in Colorado
- List of places in Colorado
- Outline of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- Wikimedia Commons: Colorado
References
- Ghost towns of Colorado. Hastings House. 1947. http://books.google.com/books?id=LF96AAAAMAAJ.
- Bauer, Carolyn (1987). Colorado Ghost Towns: Remnants of the Mining Days. Primer Publishers. ISBN 1558380671. http://books.google.com/books?id=psBNyxCBHF4C.
- Boyd, Leanne; H. Glenn Carson (1984). Atlas of Colorado Ghost Towns. Carson Enterprises. ISBN 0941620190. http://books.google.com/books?id=8TN4OgAACAAJ.
- Brown, Robert (1972). Colorado Ghost Towns - Past and Present. Caxton Press. ISBN 0870042181. http://books.google.com/books?id=XfXTbBSXUvAC.
- Brown, Robert (2003). Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies. Caxton Press. ISBN 0870043420. http://books.google.com/books?id=fXOjzn5b-tAC.
- Brown, Robert (1963). Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns. Caxton Press. ISBN 0870040219. http://books.google.com/books?id=IMSNla9xVdQC.
- Dallas, Sandra (1988). Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0806120843. http://books.google.com/books?id=1CYbou2YsJ4C.
- Eberhart, Perry (1959). Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. http://books.google.com/books?id=nUgUAQAAIAAJ.
External links
- Full Resolution Ghost Town and Historic Photos by Coloradopast.com
- Colorado Ghost Town Photos by Rocky Mountain Profiles
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Federal district Insular areas- American Samoa
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Outlying islands - Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Baker Island
- Howland Island
- Jarvis Island
- Johnston Atoll
- Kingman Reef
- Midway Atoll
- Navassa Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Serranilla Bank
- Wake Island
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