Moffat County, Colorado - Cities, Towns and Places

MOFFAT COUNTY, COGENWEB PROJECT

CITIES, TOWNS AND PLACES

PLACE NAME	USGS QUAD MAP	ELEVATION	COMMENTS
Axial	Axial	6453	Description in 1911: Small town and postoffice in Routt county, 18 miles north of Meeker and 63 miles north of Rifle, the nearest railroad point. Population 25. Axial Hotel, Mrs J M Whalin prop. Colorado Stage and Transportation Co, A E Eees & Son props, M J Taylor agent. Hugus & Co J W, genl mdse, C H Wolcott local mgr. Taylor W S, surveyor. Weyand D C, stage line. Wolcott C H, postmaster, mgr J W Hugus & Co.
Blue Gravel	Craig Northeast		Ghost town located near confluence of Blue Gravel Creek and Fortification Creek. It began as a placer gold mining town and at one time had a hotel/restaurant, livery barn, saloon, general store and a blacksmith shop. It was abandoned in the 1870s and no structures remain.
Blue Mountain	Rangely Northeast	5823
Brown's Park	Lodore School, Big Joe Basin		Locale and School
Craig	Craig	6197	County Seat. Description in 1911: Growing town in Routt county, on the Yampa or Bear river, surrounded by a fine farming and cattle raising country, which is the principal industry. Large bodies of coal are found nearby. Survey of the Moffat railroad passes through Craig. This will make it the supply point of a country 50 miles to both the north and south. At present best reached by stage from Steamboat Springs, 50 miles.
Craig Place	Canyon of Lodore North	7234
Craig South Highlands	Castor Gulch	6394
Dinosaur	Dinosaur	5922
Elk Springs	Elk Springs	6378
Fourmile	Bighole Butte	6398	Gold was discovered on Fourmile Creek by Hugh Morrison in 1891. In 1893 hydraulic mining was begun and several ditches were dug to bring water to the site, including a ditch that ran 38 miles to Dixon, WY. The town was founded in 1894 and grew to a population of of 400. By 1898 the town began to decline and nothing remains except a Colorado Dept of Highways maintenance building.
Goodlys			This town was spotted 3 miles south of Timberlake in 1912. Only the ruins of 2 cabins remain.
Greystone	Greystone	6660	Historical
Hamilton	Hamilton	6243	Description in 1911: Postoffice in Routt county, on mail andd stage route between Craig and Meeker. Reached either via Wolcott or Rifle. Surrounding industry stock raising. Population 20. Henning, Nona S., postmaster. Hamilton Thos. road house. Weyand D C, prop Craig-Axial Stage Line.
Hiawatha	Hiawatha	7149	Historic Oilfield camp
Housel	East Timberlake Creek	6749	Located 5 miles S of Goodlys on Housel Creek. Nothing remains.
Iles Grove	Monument Butte	6309
Jack Springs	Skull Creek	7113
Juniper Hot Springs	Juniper Hot Springs	5991	Description in 1911: A postoffice and summer resort in Routt county, on the Moftat Ry. Population 15. Aborgast A B, physician. McCausland C M, general merchandise, prop Hot Springs Bath House, hotel and livery, postmaster. Wilcox & Wason, stage line.
Lay	Lay	6181	Description in 1911: Postoffice and small town in Routt county, 85 miles north of Rifle. Daily stage from Axial (except Sunday). Population 20. Homback C E, carp. Iron Springs Placer Co, placer mining. Nutt J W, justice peace. Wallihan A G, postmaster, U S commissionr, surveyor, photographer; coal mine operator, notary public. Wallihan Mrs A G, hotel. Webb J K, carp. Wilcox & Wasson, stage line. Wisconsin Coal Mining Co.
Lily			A postoffice in Routt county, reached by stage from Rifle, the nearest railroad point. Population 14. Barnes F C, postmaster, genl mdse. Graham & Co G W, genl mdse.
Lodore	Lodore School	5384	Description in 1911: A country postoffice in Routt county. Population 8. CHEW J H, postmaster.

Loyd	Monument Butte	6401
Massadona	Skull Creek	5794
Maybell	Maybell	5922	Description in 1911: Small town in Routt county. 100 miles from Rifle, the nearest railroad point. Daily stage. Population 150. Barber & Son 0 F, coal mine. Dolly W H, lime mfrs. Hunt Chas, painter. Hunt Bros, carpenters and buildrs Kapple A J, genl mdse and farm implements. Nutt J W, justice peace. Peterson S H, prin school. Templeton James H, notary public; insurance. Wagner Emma E, postmaster Wasson & Wilcox, stage line. Wollihan James, hotel. Wyatt Chas, blacksmith. Located 25 miles west of Craig, uranium ore was processed here between 1954 and 1967. The US Department of Energy encapsulated the tailings in a disposal cell in 1998.
Offield Place	Sugarloaf Butte	6683
Powder Wash	Powder Wash	6722
Robinson Place	Hells Canyon	7798
Slater	Bakers Peak	7753	Description in 1911: Small town in Routt county, 80 miles from Rawlins, Wyoming, the nearest railroad point. Agriculture and cattle raising. Population 50. Linkletter A E, blacksmith. McIntosh Robert, general merchandise, harness and saddlery, and postmaster.
Sunbeam	Sunbeam	5889
Timberlake			B.L. Law built a dredge at the site on Timberlake Creek in 1900. The town was abandoned about 1904 when the dredge burned. Some lode mining was also down near the site at the head of Housel Creek. Timberlake has 5 structures remaining.
Wilson Place	Lodore School	5338

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