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
- Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
- List of ghost towns in Colorado
- List of post offices in Colorado
References
- ^ a b "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ a b "Adelaide, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
- ^ "Adelaide (historical) - Populated Place Feature (Populated Place) in Lake County". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adelaide
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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