The Town of Carbonate is a
ghost town located in
Garfield County,
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
, United States.
[ In 2014, property owners voted to reactivate the town government despite having no year-round residents since 1890.]
History
Carbonate was founded as a silver camp in 1879.[ The Carbonate post office opened and Carbonate became the original ]Garfield
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county seat later that year. But Carbonate's location high in the Flat Tops mountains made access difficult. After a few months, the Garfield county seat was moved to Glenwood Hot Springs. As the silver played out, miners departed. The Carbonate post office closed in 1886, and by the 1890 United States Census
The United States census of 1890 was taken beginning June 2, 1890, but most of the 1890 census materials were destroyed in 1921 when a building caught fire and in the subsequent disposal of the remaining damaged records. It determined the reside ...
, no residents remained.
On November 4, 2014, Carbonate property owners voted 9 to 0 to reactivate the town's government in hopes of future development.[ The town has summer visitors but no permanent residents, making it the only active incorporated municipality in Colorado with no permanent population.
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Geography
Carbonate is located at (39.7430376,-107.3467219), at an elevation of in the Flat Tops mountains, north of Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 9,963 at the 2020 United States Census. Glenwood Springs is located at the confluence of the Roaring Fork ...
.[
At the ]2020 United States Census
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, the town had a total area of including of water.[
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Demographics
Carbonate has been continuously uninhabited since the 1890 United States Census
The United States census of 1890 was taken beginning June 2, 1890, but most of the 1890 census materials were destroyed in 1921 when a building caught fire and in the subsequent disposal of the remaining damaged records. It determined the reside ...
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See also
*Colorado
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**Bibliography of Colorado
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*List of counties in Colorado
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*List of municipalities in Colorado
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* List of statistical areas in Colorado
** Edwards-Glenwood Springs, CO Combined Statistical Area
**Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
Glenwood may refer to:
Places Canada
* Glenwood, Alberta (village)
* Glenwood, Alberta (former hamlet)
* Glenwood, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta
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References
External links
Town of Carbonate websitePlat map of the Town of Carbonate
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Towns in Garfield County, Colorado
Towns in Colorado
1879 establishments in Colorado
1883 establishments in Colorado
2014 establishments in Colorado
Former county seats in Colorado