Garfield County Colorado Towns and Places




GARFIELD COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT
Towns and Places

Place	Dates	Comments
Antlers	.	.
Anvil Points	.	.
Atchee	.	.
Battlement Mesa	.	unincorporated, located across the Colorado River from Parachute, population est at 2225
Carbonate	1883-1886	Founded in 1878 when 3 prospectors by the name of Bell, Blake and Cleiopfar discovered carbonate ore containing silver. It became the original county seat of Garfield County in 1883 and a tollroad was built to connect it to Glenwood Springs. Four months later the county seat was moved to Glenwood Springs, due to its location above timberline in the Flat Tops. Within a year the site was abandoned and only 2 cabins remain.
Carbondale	4/27/1888-Present	Founded in 1887 as a RR depot for Denver & Rio Grande RR, it was named after a town in PA of the same name. Much of the town burned in an 1891 fire, but it was rebuilt and now has a population of 5000.
Carbonera	.	.
Cardiff	1887-1920	located just S of Glenwood Springs, began as a coking facility for the railroad. It contained 50 coking ovens that began operations in 1888. Additional ovens were added when the town was purchased by Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in 1892, bringing the total ovens to 250. By 1920 Cardiff was a ghost town. The schoolhouse remains.
Catherine	.	.
Cattle Creek	.	.
Chacra	.	.
Cooperton	1882-1904	renamed Rockford, Satank and Moffat, now part of Carbondale
Fourmile Creek	1887-1912	coal mining camp S of Glenwood Springs on 117RD, renamed Sunlight
Funston	.	.
Glenwood Springs	9/4/1885-Present	County Seat of Garfield County, population 8202
Grand Valley	1904-1980	renamed Parachute in 1980
Gulch	.	See Spring Gulch
Kiggin	.	.
Marion	1885-1912	Coal mining camp just west of Jerome Park.
Moffat	1882-1904	formerly Cooperton, Rockford and Satank, now part of Carbondale
Mulford	.	.
New Castle	2/27/1888-Present	population 1716
Parachute	1/15/1908-Present	formerly Grand Valley, population 1153
Rifle	8/18/1905-Present	population 6367
Rockford	1882-1904	aka Cooperton, Satank and Moffat, now part of Carbondale
Rulison	.	.
Satank	1882-1904	formerly known as Cooperton and Rockford, later renamed Moffat, now part of Carbondale
Silt	May 1915-Present	population 1612
Spring Gulch	1887-?	Also known as Gulch, it was an old coal mining camp just S of Marion. In 1906 a mine explosion killed 6 miners. The site is now private and access restricted.
Sunlight	1887-1912	Originally called Fourmile Creek, it was a coal mining camp to support the Sunset Mine, S of Glenwood Springs on 117RD. An explosion in 1897 killed about a dozen miners. Only one building remains.
Una	.	.

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GARFIELD COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT

Towns and Places

Place

Dates

Comments

Antlers

Anvil Points

Atchee

Battlement Mesa

unincorporated, located across the Colorado River from Parachute, population est at 2225

Carbonate

1883-1886

Founded in 1878 when 3 prospectors by the name of Bell, Blake and Cleiopfar discovered carbonate ore containing silver. It became the original county seat of Garfield County in 1883 and a tollroad was built to connect it to Glenwood Springs. Four months later the county seat was moved to Glenwood Springs, due to its location above timberline in the Flat Tops. Within a year the site was abandoned and only 2 cabins remain.

Carbondale

4/27/1888-Present

Founded in 1887 as a RR depot for Denver & Rio Grande RR, it was named after a town in PA of the same name. Much of the town burned in an 1891 fire, but it was rebuilt and now has a population of 5000.

Carbonera

Cardiff

1887-1920

located just S of Glenwood Springs, began as a coking facility for the railroad. It contained 50 coking ovens that began operations in 1888. Additional ovens were added when the town was purchased by Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in 1892, bringing the total ovens to 250. By 1920 Cardiff was a ghost town. The schoolhouse remains.

Catherine

Cattle Creek

Chacra

Cooperton

1882-1904

renamed Rockford, Satank and Moffat, now part of Carbondale

Fourmile Creek

1887-1912

coal mining camp S of Glenwood Springs on 117RD, renamed Sunlight

Funston

Glenwood Springs

9/4/1885-Present

County Seat of Garfield County, population 8202

Grand Valley

1904-1980

renamed Parachute in 1980

Gulch

See Spring Gulch

Kiggin

Marion

1885-1912

Coal mining camp just west of Jerome Park.

Moffat

1882-1904

formerly Cooperton, Rockford and Satank, now part of Carbondale

Mulford

New Castle

2/27/1888-Present

population 1716

Parachute

1/15/1908-Present

formerly Grand Valley, population 1153

Rifle

8/18/1905-Present

population 6367

Rockford

1882-1904

aka Cooperton, Satank and Moffat, now part of Carbondale

Rulison

Satank

1882-1904

formerly known as Cooperton and Rockford, later renamed Moffat, now part of Carbondale

Silt

May 1915-Present

population 1612

Spring Gulch

1887-?

Also known as Gulch, it was an old coal mining camp just S of Marion. In 1906 a mine explosion killed 6 miners. The site is now private and access restricted.

Sunlight

1887-1912

Originally called Fourmile Creek, it was a coal mining camp to support the Sunset Mine, S of Glenwood Springs on 117RD. An explosion in 1897 killed about a dozen miners. Only one building remains.

Una

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