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Alden, Colorado | |
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Ghost Town | |
Coordinates: 40°27′27″N104°34′55″W / 40.45750°N 104.58194°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
Counties | Weld [1] |
Established | 1893 |
Became a sugar beet dump & siding for the Crow Creek Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad | 1910 |
Abandoned | 1965 |
Elevation | 4,682 ft (1,427 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Area code | 970 |
Alden is a ghost town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. [1] [2] [3] Alden was named for the Alden brothers, Charles, John and Ralph, who were local sugar beet farmers. [4]
Year | Event | Sources |
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1893 | Established | [4] |
1910 | Became a sugar beet dump & siding for the Crow Creek Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad | [4] |
1965 | Closed down | [4] |
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