Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado

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Adelaide
Adelaide is located in Colorado
Adelaide
Adelaide
Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 106°15′29″W / 39.24722°N 106.25806°W / 39.24722; -106.25806Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 106°15′29″W / 39.24722°N 106.25806°W / 39.24722; -106.25806
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyLake
Elevation
10,833 ft (3,302 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
80461 [1]
GNIS feature ID180161[2]

Adelaide is a mining ghost town in Lake County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.[3] 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 c. 1876. Variant names were "Park City" and "Finntown". A post office was in operation at Adelaide in 1878, and closed in 1879.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adelaide (historical) - Populated Place Feature (Populated Place) in Lake County". CO HomeTownLocator. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Adelaide, Lake County, Colorado". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 13 October 1978. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adelaide
  4. ^ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies. 1999. p. 3. Retrieved 1 July 2019.


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