Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado

Not to be confused with Adelaide, Fremont County, Colorado.
Adelaide, Colorado
ghost town
Adelaide is located in the United States
Adelaide
Adelaide
Location of Adelaide, Colorado.
Adelaide is located in Colorado
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Adelaide
Adelaide (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 106°15′29″W / 39.2472°N 106.2581°W / 39.2472; -106.2581[2]
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyLake[1]
Government
 • BodyLake County[1]
Elevation
[2]
10,834 ft (3,302 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP codes
80461 [3]
GNIS pop ID180161

Adelaide is an extinct mining town located in Lake County, Colorado, United States.[4] The site of the former town is located about one mile west of downtown Leadville through Stray Horse Gulch and two-thirds of a mile north of Nugget Gulch.

History

Adelaide was founded in 1876. The Adelaide post office operated from September 27, 1878, until May 12, 1879.[5][6] Adelaide was also known as Park City and Finntown.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Adelaide, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Adelaide (historical) - Populated Place Feature (Populated Place) in Lake County". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adelaide
  5. ^ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
  6. ^ Donald R. Elliott (1999). Doris L. Elliott (ed.). Place Names of Colorado (PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 1 July 2019 – via Denver Public Library.