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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.

Not to be confused with Adelaide, Fremont County, Colorado.
Adelaide
Ghost town
Adelaide
Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 106°15′29″W
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]

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, United States Department of the Interior. 13 October 1978. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Adelaide
  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.


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