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Gilpin County, Colorado

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

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9historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

5,808pop. 2020

12cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 9 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Central City, Pinecliffe, Russell Gulch.

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 Gilpin titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 9 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

9 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bain Cabin	Rollinsville	Building	2018
Central City Opera House	Central City	Building	1973
Central City-Black Hawk Historic District NHL	Central City	District	1966
Frontenac and Aduddell Mine Complex	Russell Gulch	District	2020
Russell Gulch I.O.O.F. Hall No. 47-Wagner and Askew	Russell Gulch	Building	2011
Teller House	Central City	Building	1973
Wink's Panorama NHL	Pinecliffe	Building
Winks Panorama	Pinecliffe	Building	1980
Winks Panorama (Boundary Increase)	Pinecliffe	District	2014

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

GILPIN created by Colorado Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,490	6,489	6,690	1,364	1,625	850	685	2,441	4,757	5,808

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

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

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bald Mountain Cemetery	39.79609	-105.5461
Catholic Cemetery	39.80984	-105.53173
Central City Cemetery	39.80889	-105.5297
Dory Hill Cemetery	39.83941	-105.48434
Foresters Cemetery	39.80748	-105.52999
Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery	39.80793	-105.53268
Knights of Pythias Cemetery	39.80948	-105.53002
Masonic Cemetery	39.79931	-105.51863
Missouri City Cemetery	39.79044	-105.51429
Red Men Lodge Cemetery	39.80912	-105.53149
Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Number 2 Cemetery	39.77609	-105.54221
Russell Gulch Cemetery	39.7761	-105.54222

Historical populated places — 6 of 6

Name	Lat	Lon
American City	39.87249	-105.58722
Apex	39.86559	-105.57025
Baltimore	39.90332	-105.57444
Perigo	39.87915	-105.53083
Phoenix	39.9286	-105.53555
Wideawake	39.84999	-105.52166

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

Historical markers

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