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Clear Creek County, Colorado

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

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25historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

9,397pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 25 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Idaho Springs, Georgetown, Dumont.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Colorado is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Clear Creek titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 25 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

25 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alpine Hose Company No. 2	Georgetown	Building	1973
Argo Tunnel and Mill	Idaho Springs	District	1978
Bryan Hose House	Idaho Springs	Structure	1998
Dumont School	Dumont	Building	1996
Echo Lake Park	Idaho Springs	District	1995
Evans, Anne, Mountain Home	Evergreen	Building	1992
Evans-Elbert Ranch	Idaho Springs	Building	1980
Georgetown Loop Railroad	Georgetown	Structure	1970
Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District NHL	Georgetown-Silver Plume	District	1966
Grace Episcopal Church	Georgetown	Building	1973
Hamill House	Georgetown	Building	1972
Hose House No. 2	Idaho Springs	Structure	1998
Hotel de Paris	Georgetown	Building	1970
Idaho Springs Downtown Commercial District	Idaho Springs	District	1984
Lebanon and Everett Mine Tunnels	Silver Plume	Structure	1971
McClellan House	Georgetown	Building	1972
Methodist Episcopal Church	Idaho Springs	Building	1998
Mill City House	Dumont	Building	2009
Miner Street Bridge	Idaho Springs	Structure	1985
Mint Saloon	Empire	Building	1993
Ore Processing Mill and Dam	Georgetown	Building	1971
Peck House	Empire	Building	1993
Silver Plume Depot	Silver Plume	Building	1971
Summit Lake Park	Idaho Springs	District	1995
Toll House	Georgetown	Building	1970

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clear Creek was formed in 1861 (1861-11-01) from unknown / original county.

CLEAR CREEK created by Colorado Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clear Creek County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,596	7,823	7,082	2,891	3,784	3,289	2,793	7,308	9,322	9,397

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

6 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alvorado Cemetery	39.75054	-105.66084
Dumont Cemetery	39.76709	-105.60271
Empire Cemetery	39.7561	-105.68139
Griffin Monument	39.70173	-105.74026
Idaho Springs Cemetery	39.73415	-105.52778
Silver Plume Cemetery	39.69573	-105.72079

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Ninetyfour	39.82749	-105.63639
Silverdale	39.69165	-105.69612
Yankee	39.82638	-105.62389

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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