Baldwin is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

coal mining town located in

Gunnison County Gunnison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,918. The county seat is Gunnison. The county was named for John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer and captain in the Army ...

, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at at an elevation of . The Baldwin post office operated from September 17, 1883, until September 30, 1948. Baldwin is located southwest of Crested Butte. While Baldwin is not commonly known as a ghost town, many of the original structures still exist. Much of the land that the few structures are on is now privately owned. The town of Baldwin came to be because of the coalfields that were discovered at the base of Mount Carbon, now called

Carbon Peak Carbon Peak, elevation , is a summit in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado. The peak is southwest of Crested Butte, Colorado, Crested Butte in the Gunnison National Forest. Carbon Peak is one of several prominent Laccolith, laccoliths found in th ...

. Baldwin became a ghost town due to the departure and subsequent abandonment of the Denver and South Park railroad that served Baldwin.

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