List of ghost towns in Colorado

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. Due to incomplete records, no exhaustive list can be produced.

Abandonment

Colorado ghost towns were abandoned for a number of reasons:

Mining towns were abandoned when the mines closed, often due to the devaluation of silver in 1893.
Mill towns were abandoned when the mining towns they serviced closed.
Farming towns on the eastern plains were often deserted due to rural depopulation.
Coal towns were abandoned when the coal ran out.
Stage stops were abandoned when the railroad came through.
Rail stops were deserted when the railroad changed routes or abandoned the spurs.

Others were abandoned for more unusual reasons. Some were resort towns which never brought in enough tourists. At least seven former townsites are now underwater, caused by the creation of reservoirs; a few are covered in mining tailings, as noted below. Of the list below, some involve settlements with visible tangible remains such as structures or cemeteries, while the precise location of others is known only through maps and historic accounts.

Table

This is a sortable table of some of the ghost towns in Colorado. Select the OpenStreetMap link in the box at right to view a map showing the location these towns.

Ghost town	Other names	Current county	Location	Elevation	Established	Abandoned	Industry	Status
Abbeyville		Gunnison		1882	1884	Gold camp	Few remains.	-
Aberdeen		Gunnison		1889	1912	Granite quarry town	Little remains.	-
Abeyta	San Isidro	[Las Animas, Colorado\|Animas County, Colorado\|Las Animas]		1914	1914	Farming town		-
Able	Martin	Bent		1924		Railroad station		-
Adelaide	Robinson	Fremont		1894	1901	Railroad and gold mining town	Little remains.	-
[Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado\|Lake County, Colorado\|Adelaide]	Park City, Finntown	Lake		1876	1879	Silver camp	Little remains.	-
Adena		Morgan		1910	1949	Farming town	School and chapel remain.	-
Alder	Round Hill	Saguache		1881	1927	Railroad and mining town	Little remains.	-
Alice		Clear Creek		1898	1938	Gold camp	Summer cabins	-
Alpine		Chaffee		1874	1904	Mining town	Some residents remain.	-
Alta		San Miguel		1877	1948	Mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Altman		Teller		1894	1911	Mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Amache	Granada War Relocation Center	Prowers		1942	1945	Internment camp	National Historic Site	-
American City		Gilpin						-
Ames		San Miguel		1880	1922	Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant	Power plant still in operation.	-
Anaconda		Teller		1893	1917	Gold mining town		-
Animas City	Animas	La Plata		1877	1900	Silver camp	Animas City Park	-
Animas Forks		San Juan		1873	1915	Silver mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Antero Junction		Park		1892		Ranching town	Some structures remain.	-
Apex		Gilpin		1894	1932	Gold mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Arapahoe City	Arapahoe	Jefferson		1858	1867	Placer gold camp	Historical marker near Golden	-
Arastra	Arrastra, Silver Lake	San Juan		1890	1919	Mining town		-
Arrow		Grand			1905	1915	Railroad town	Little remains.
Ashcroft	Castle Forks City, Chloride	Pitkin		1880	1912	Silver mining town	National Register Historic Place	-
Astor City		Eagle						-
Auraria		Denver		1858	1859	Placer gold camp	Historical park and Denver neighborhood	-
Autobees Plaza	Autobees	Pueblo		1853	1882	Farming village	Little remains.	-
Axial		Moffat		1883	1958	Coal mining town		-
Bachelor	Teller, Bachelor City	Mineral			1892	1912	Silver mining town	Little remains.
Badito	Little Orphan	Huerfano		1865	1910	Ranching town and trail stop	Ruins remain.	-
Bakerville		Clear Creek		1865		Silver camp	Foundations remain.	-
Baldwin		Gunnison		1909	1948	Coal mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Baltimore		Gilpin		1896	1904			-
Balzac		Morgan				Farming town		-
Bear River		Routt		1914	1940			-
Belden		Eagle				Mining town	Little remains.	-
Bent's Old Fort	Old Fort Bent	Otero		1833	1849	Trading post	National Historic Site	-
Berwind		Las Animas		1888	1931	Coal company town	Many structures remain.	-
Beshoar		Las Animas		1901	1903	Farming town		-
Bijou Basin		El Paso		1869	1907	Ranching town and railroad station	Little remains.	-
Bloom	Iron Spring	Otero		1899	1938	Farming town		-
Boggsville		Bent		1866	1975	Stage stop and farming town	National Register Historic District	-
Bonanza	Bonanza City	Saguache		1880	1938	Silver mining town	Town government reactivated	-
Boston		Baca		1887	1893	Ranching town	Some structures remain.	-
Bowen	Aylmer	Las Animas			1900	1929	Coal mining town
Bowerman		Gunnison			1903	1910	Gold mining town	Some structures remain.
Brodhead		Las Animas		1902	1939	Coal mining town	Little remains.	-
Brookfield		Baca		1887	1902			-
Brumley		Lake						-
Buckingham		Weld		1888	1966	Ranching town	Some structures remain.	-
Buckskin Joe	Laurette, Buckskin	Park		1861	1873	Gold camp	Buildings removed.	-
Buick	Beuck	Elbert			1916	1925	Railroad town
Caddoa		Bent		1881	1958	Farming town	Some structures remain.	-
Calcite		Fremont		1903	1930	Coal company town	Some structures remain.	-
California Ranch	Franktown	Douglas		1861	1874	Stage stop	Historic marker at Franktown	-
Calumet		Huerfano		1904		Coal mining town	Structures remain.	-
Cameo		Mesa		1907	1969	Coal mining town	Little remains.	-
Camp Hale		Eagle		1942	1945	U.S. Army mountain training camp	National Monument	-
Campbelltown		Gunnison						-
Capers Spur		Pueblo						-
Capitol City	Galena City	Hinsdale		1877	1920	Silver mining town	Structures remain.	-
Carbonate		Garfield		1879	1886	Silver camp	Town government reactivated	-
Cardinal		Boulder		1905	1919			-
Caribou		Boulder		1871	1917	Silver mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Carpenter		Mesa		1890	1925	Coal mining town	Little remains.	-
Carrizo	Carriso	Baca			1887	1916	Ranching town
Carson		Hinsdale		1889	1903	Mining town	Many structures remain.	-
Chandler		Fremont		1890	1942	Coal company town		-
Chattanooga		San Juan		1883	1894	Mining camp	Some structures remain.	-
Chihuahua		Summit			1880	1892	Mining camp
Chimney Rock		Archuleta		1950	1967			-
Chivington		Kiowa		1887	1991	Ranching town	Many structures remain.	-
Clarkville		Yuma		1933	1954	Farming town		-
Climax		Lake		1887	1962	Railroad and mining town	Removed for Climax molybdenum mine	-
Coalmont		Jackson		1911	1983	Coal mining town	Structures remain.	-
Colfax		Custer			1870	1879	Communal farming town
Columbine		Routt		1896	1867	Gold mining town	National Register Historic District	-
Corona		Grand		1904	1928	Railroad station with snowshed and hotel	Foundations remain.	-
Cross Mountain		Moffat			1919	1943
Crystal	Crystal City	Gunnison		1881	1917	Mining town	Structures remain.	-
Dakan		Douglas			1896	1898	Mining camp	Nothing remains.
Dallas	Dallas City	Ouray		1880	1899	Stage stop and railroad station	Little remains.	-
Dayton		Lake		1866	1868	Gold camp	Site in Twin Lakes CDP	-
De Nova	Dillingham	Washington		1911	1953			-
Dearfield		Weld		1910	1948	African American farming community	National Register Historic District	-
Decatur		Summit			1879	1885	Mining camp
Delagua		Las Animas		1903	1954	Coal company town		-
Delcarbon		Huerfano		1915	1953	Coal mining town		-
Dick		Weld		1870	1979	Railroad and coal mining town		-
Dudley		Park		1872	1880			-
Duncan		Saguache		1874	1900	Gold camp	Duncan Cabin preserved	-
Dutchtown		Grand		1879	1884	Silver camp	Site in Rocky Mountain National Park	-
Dyersville		Summit		1881	1908	Mining town	Some frames remain.	-
Eastdale		Costilla		1890	1909	Farming town		-
Eastonville	Easton	El Paso		1872	1932	Railroad and farming town	Some structures remain.	-
Edgerton		El Paso		1870	1902	Railroad town		-
Eldora	Happy Valley, El Dorado	Boulder		1897	1977	Mining town	National Register Historic District	-
Elkton		Gunnison		1881	1882	Mining camp	Many structures remain.	-
Elkton		Teller		1895	1926	Gold mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Eureka		San Juan		1873	1942	Gold mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Floresta		Gunnison		1897	1919	Coal mining town	Little remains.	-
Fondis		Elbert		1895	1954	Ranching town		-
Forbes		Las Animas		1889	1929			-
Fort Julesburg		Sedgwick				Trading post		-
Fort Saint Vrain	Saint Vrain	Weld		1837	1849	Trading post	monument	-
Fort Sedgwick	Camp Rankin Fort Rankin	Sedgwick		1866	1869	U.S. Army post		-
Fort Vasquez		Weld				Trading post		-
Franceville		El Paso		1881	1894	Coal mining town		-
Frankstown		Douglas		1859	1864	Placer gold camp	Nothing remains.	-
Fulford		Eagle		1892	1910	Mining camp	Structures remain.	-
Garo		Park		1880	1955	Ranching town	Some structures remain.	-
Gato		Archuleta		1899	1954	Ranching town		-
Geneva City		Clear Creek				Mining camp	Some structures remain.	-
Gillett	West Beaver Park, Cripple City, Gillette	Teller		1894	1913	Gold mining town	Little remains.	-
Gilman		Eagle		1886	1985	Mining company town	Company town largely intact	-
Gladstone		San Juan		1878	1912			-
Gold Park		Eagle		1881	1983	Gold mining town		-
Goldfield		Teller		1895	1932	Gold mining town	Many structures remain.	-
Gothic		Gunnison		1879	1914	Silver mining town	Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory	-
Grand Island		Boulder						-
Graysill Mines		San Juan		1945	1963	Uranium mining town	Structures remain.	-
Griffth		La Plata		1909	1924			-
Guston		Ouray		1883	1898	Silver mining town	Structures remain.	-
Gwillimsville		El Paso			1878	1890	Ranching town
Hamilton		Park			1860	1881	Placer gold camp	Little remains.
Hancock		Chaffee		1880	1904	Railroad and mining town	Little remains.	-
Haybro	Junction City	Routt		1912	1951	Coal mining town	Little remains.	-
Henderson Island	Island Station	Adams		1859	1959	Trail stop	Adams County Fairgrounds	-
Henson		Hinsdale		1871	1913	Gold mining town	Structures remain.	-
Hessie		Boulder		1898	1902			-
Highland		Denver		1858	1859	Placer gold camp	Denver neighborhood	-
Holy Cross City	Holy Cross	Eagle		1880	1905	Mining town	Few structures remain.	-
Homestead Meadows		Larimer		1889	1952	Ranch and logging community	National Register Historic District	-
Horseshoe	Horse Shoe Doran	Park		1880	1907			-
Howardsville	Bullion City	San Juan		1874	1939	Gold mining town	Modern mill	-
Howbert		Park			1887	1933	Railroad and ranching town	Submerged in Eleven Mile Reservoir
Husted		El Paso			1878	1920	Railroad and ranching town	Site in U.S. Air Force Academy
Independence	Farwell, Sparkill, Chipeta	Pitkin		1879	1899	Gold camp	National Register Historic District	-
Independence	Macon	Teller		1899	1954	Gold mining town	Little remains.	-
Iola		Gunnison		1896	1963	Railroad town	Submerged in Blue Mesa Reservoir	-
Iron City		Chaffee						-
Ironton		Ouray		1883	1920	Silver mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Jimmy's Camp	Jimmy Camp	El Paso			1833	1879	Trading post and stage stop	Nothing remains.
Juanita		Archuleta		1904	1912	Railroad and ranching town	Railroad structures remain.	-
Keota		Weld		1888	1973	Railroad and ranching town	Structures remain.	-
Kings Canyon		Jackson		1928	1936	Copper mining town	Little remains.	-
Kokomo		Summit		1879	1965	Mining town	Buried under mine waste	-
La Veta Pass	Veta Pass, Uptop	Huerfano		1877	1962	Railroad and tourism town	National Register Historic District	-
Last Chance		Washington		1925		Farming town and highway stop	Structures remain.	-
Leavick		Park		1896	1899			-
Lenado		Pitkin		1891	1907	Mining town	Some structures remain.	-
Leonard		San Miguel		1900	1940			-
Liberty		Saguache		1900	1921	Gold mining town		-
Logtown		La Plata						-
Ludlow		Las Animas		1896	1954	Coal mining town	National Historic Landmark	-
Lulu City		Grand		1879	1951	Silver camp	Three cabins remain.	-
Lytle	Turkey Creek	El Paso		1877	1920	Farming town	Schoolhouse remains.	-
Madrid	Madrid Plaza	Las Animas		1864	1917	Farming town		-
Malachite		Huerfano		1880	1915	Placer gold camp		-
Malta		Lake		1875	1955	Silver mining town	Schoolhouse remains.	-
Manhattan		Larimer		1887	1900	Gold camp	Cemetery remains.	-
Masters		Weld		1900	1967	Railroad and farming town		-
Mayday		La Plata		1913	1914	Mining town	Structures remain.	-
Mayflower Gulch		Summit					Mining town	Structures remain.
McConnellsville		El Paso					Railroad station
McFerran		El Paso			1889	1896	Farming town
McPhee		Montezuma			1924	1948	Logging company town	Submerged in McPhee Reservoir
Middleton		San Juan		1883		Gold mining town	Little remains.	-
Midway		Gunnison						-
Mineral Point		Weld			1873	1897	Mining camp	Some structures remain.
Mirage	Cotton Creek	Saguache		1875	1927			-
Missouri City	Missouri Flats	Gilpin		1860	1863	Placer gold camp	A single grave remains.	-
Montana	Montana City	Denver		1858	1859	Placer gold camp	Near Grant-Frontier Park in south Denver	-
Montezuma		Summit		1865		Silver mining town	Town government reactivated	-
Montgomery	Montgomery City	Park			1881	1888	Gold camp	Submerged in Montgomery Reservoir
Morley		Las Animas		1878	1956	Railroad and coal mining town		-
Mound City	Mound	Teller		1893	1894			-
Mount Vernon		Jefferson		1859	1885	Trail stop	Located in Matthews/Winters Park	-
Mystic		Routt		1910	1942	Ranching town	Little remains.	-
Needleton		San Juan		1882	1910	Railroad town		-
Nevadaville	Nevada, Nevada City, Bald Mountain	Gilpin		1861	1921	Mining town	Some residents remain.	-
Niegoldstown		San juan			1878	1881	Mining camp	Some structures remain.
Ninetyfour		Clear Creek						-
Norrie	Norrie Colony	Pitkin				Railroad and logging camp	Summer cabins	-
North Creede	Jimtown	Mineral		1908	1919	Silver mining town	Few structures remain.	-
North Star	Lake's Camp	Gunnison			1889	1894	Mining camp	Some structures remain.
Ohio	Ohio City	Gunnison		1880	1972	Mining town	Some residents	-
Old Mountain View		El Paso						-
Old Roach		Larimer		1923	1938	Logging company town		-
Old Zounds	O.Z.	El Paso			1877	1889	Ranching village
Orient		Saguache		1894	1905	Iron mining town	Two adjacent townsites	-
Oro City	Oro	Lake		1861	1895	Gold camp		-
Pagosa Junction		Archuleta		1899	1954	Railroad town	Some structures remain.	-
Pando		Eagle		1891	1942	Railroad station		-
Pandora		San Miguel		1881	1902	Mining camp	Little remains.	-
Park City	Park	Park		1879	1891			-
Parkville	Park City	Summit		1861	1866	Gold camp	Cemetery remains.	-
Parrott City	Parrott	La Plata		1876	1898	Mining camp	Remnants of Mayday	-
Pearl		Jackson		1889	1919	Copper mining town	Many structures remain.	-
Perigo		Gilpin		1895	1905			-
Phoenix		Gilpin						-
Pieplant Mill	Pieplant	Gunnison		1904	1906	Mining town		-
Pinneo		Washington		1883	1931	Farming town		-
Pittsburg		Gunnison		1881	1896	Mining town	Little remains.	-
Platte Station	Platte	Park			1876	1894	Stage stop
Poudre City		Larimer		1888	1891	Gold mill town	Nothing remains.	-
Preston		Summit		1875	1889	Gold camp		-
Primero		Las Animas		1901	1933	Coal company town		-
Proctor		Logan		1908	1963	Railroad and farming town	Some structures remain.	-
Purcell		Weld		1909	1951	Farming town	Some structures remain.	-
Quartz		Gunnison			1882	1886	Gold camp	Historical marker
Quartzville		Park						-
Querida	Bassickville Bassick City	Custer		1880	1906	Silver mining town		-
Red Mountain	Red Mountain Town	Ouray		1883	1913	Silver mining town	Few original structures	-
Rexford		Summit		1881	1883	Gold camp	Structures remain.	-
Robinson	Ten Mile	Summit			1879	1911	Mining town
Romley		Chaffee		1886	1924	Railroad and mining town	Little remains.	-
Roses Cabin		Hinsdale			1874	1887	Mining camp	Little remains.
Rosita		Custer		1874	1966	Ranching and silver mining town	One business open	-
Ruby	Lincoln Creek	Pitkin				Mining camp	Some structures remain.	-
Ruby City		Ouray			1878	1879	Mining camp	Some structures remain.
Ruedi		Eagle		1889	1941		Under Ruedi Reservoir	-
Russell Gulch		Gilpin		1859	1943	Placer gold camp	Some residents remain.	-
Russellville		Douglas			1862	1862	Placer gold camp	Later structures remain.
St. Charles		Denver		1858	1858	Placer gold camp	Site around Denver Union Station	-
Saint Elmo		Chaffee		1880	1952	Railroad and mining town	National Register Historic District	-
Saint Vrain		Weld		1837	1875	Trading village	Adjacent to site of Fort Saint Vrain	-
Saint Vrains		Weld		1915	1918	Farming town		-
Saints John	Coleyville, Saint John	Summit		1863	1881	Silver camp	Some residents remain.	-
San Juan City	San Juan	Mineral		1874	1923	Stage stop	One cabin remains.	-
Schofield		Gunnison			1880	1886	Mining camp	Little remains.
Sedgewick		Saguache		1880	1885			-
Sellar		Pitkin			1888	1918	Stage stop	Structures remain.
Serene		Weld		1923	1942	Coal company town		-
Seven Lakes		Teller		1877		Mining and tourist town	Mine structures remain.	-
Shavano		Chaffee		1880	1930			-
Sherman		Hinsdale			1890	1892	Mining camp	Some structures remain.
Sherrod		Gunnison			1904	1906	Mining camp	Little remains.
Shirley		Chaffee						-
Siloam		Pueblo		1891	1943	Farming town	Little remains.	-
Silver Creek	Daileyville	Clear Creek		1875		Silver camp		-
Silverdale		Clear Creek		1882	1882	Silver camp		-
Sligo		Weld			1908	1941	Railroad town
Smuggler		San Miguel			1895	1928	Mining camp	Structures remain.
Sneffels	Mount Sneffels	Ouray		1879	1930	Mining camp		-
Sopris		Las Animas		1888	1969	Coal mining town	Submerged in Trinidad Lake	-
South Denver		Denver		1886	1894	Residential community	Several Denver neighborhoods	-
Spar City	Spar	Mineral		1892	1895	Silver mining town	Summer cabins	-
Stonewall		Chaffee						-
Stout	Petra	Larimer		1882	1908	Sandstone quarry town	Submerged in Horsetooth Reservoir	-
Summitville	Summit	Rio Grande		1876	1947	Gold mining town	Many structures remain.	-
Sunset		Boulder		1883	1921	Gold mining town	Structures remain.	-
Swallows		Pueblo		1892	1947	Railroad town	Submerged in Pueblo Reservoir	-
Swan		Chaffee						-
Swandyke		Summit		1898	1910	Gold mining town	Structures remain.	-
Table Rock		El Paso			1870	1893	Ranching town
Tarryall		Park			1859	1863	Placer gold camp	Nothing remains.
Tarryall	Puma City	Park		1896	1933	Gold mining town	Some residents remain.	-
Teller City		Jackson		1879	1885	Silver camp	Structures remain.	-
Tellurium		Hinsdale			1875	1880	Mill town	Few structures remain.
Tercio		Las Animas		1902	1949	Coal company town	Some structures remain.	-
Thomasville	Calcium	Pitkin		1888	1918	Railroad and lime kiln town	Many structures remain.	-
Tiger		Summit		1919	1940	Mining company town	Little remains.	-
Tincup	Virginia, Virginia City, Tin Cup	Gunnison		1878	1918	Gold mining town	Many structures and summer homes	-
Tioga		Huerfano		1907	1954	Ranching town	Little remains.	-
Tomboy	Savage Basin Camp	San Miguel		1894	1926	Gold camp and later zinc mine	Some structures remain.	-
Tomichi	Argenta	Chaffee			1880	1899	Mining camp	Cemetery remains.
Trump		Park		1928	1931	Ranching town		-
Tuckerville		La Plata						-
Tungsten		Boulder		1916	1949	Tungsten mining town		-
Turret		Chaffee		1898	1939	Granite quarry town	Privately held	-
Tuttle		Kit Carson		1883	1918	Farming town	Foundations remain.	-
Ula		Custer		1871	1891	Ranching town	Cemetery remains.	-
Uravan		Montrose		1936	1986	Uranium company town	Little remains.	-
Vicksburgh	Vicksburg	Chaffee		1881	1885	Mining camp	National Register Historic District	-
Virginia Dale		Larimer		1862	1967	Stage stop	Stage station preserved	-
Virginius		Ouray			1887	1894	Mining camp	Mine structures remain.
Vulcan		Gunnison		1894	1912	Gold mining town	Several structures remain.	-
Wagon Wheel Gap	Thornton	Mineral		1848	1957	Stage stop & resort	Dude ranch & hot springs	-
Waldorf		Gilpin			1868	1912	Mining town	Little remains.
Wason		Mineral		1891	1904	Silver mining town	Located on Wason Ranch	-
Weaver		Mineral		1891	1895	Silver mining town	Few structures remain.	-
Webster		Park		1877	1909	Ore shipping town	Little remains.	-
Wezel		Lincoln		1911	1919			-
Wideawake		Gilpin						-
Winfield		Chaffee		1861	1912	Silver mining town	Several structures remain.	-
Wortman		Lake		1900	1919			-
Yankee		Clear Creek		1893	1910			-