Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado

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Adelaide, Colorado
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Adelaide
Adelaide (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°14′50″N106°15′29″W / 39.2472°N 106.2581°W / 39.2472; -106.2581 [1]
Country United States
State Colorado
County Lake [2]
Government
 • Body Lake County [2]
Elevation
[1]
10,834 ft (3,302 m)
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
ZIP codes
80461 [3]
GNIS pop ID 180161

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.

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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. 1 2 "Adelaide, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  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.
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