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Pitkin County, Colorado

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

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38historic places

—earliest paper

1881formed

17,358pop. 2020

5cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 38 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Aspen, Redstone, Ghost Town.

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 Pitkin titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

32 of 38 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

38 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Armory Hall, Fraternal Hall	Aspen	Building	1975
Ashcroft, Colorado	Aspen	Site	1975
Aspen Community Church	Aspen	Building	1975
Berger Cabin	Aspen	Building	2025
Boat Tow	Aspen	Object	1990
Bowles-Cooley House	Aspen	Building	1987
Callahan, Matthew, Log Cabin	Aspen	Building	1987
Collins Block-Aspen Lumber and Supply	Aspen	Building	1987
Dixon-Markle House	Aspen	Building	1987
Frantz, D. E., House	Aspen	Building	1987
Hallett, Samuel I., House	Aspen	Building	1987
Holden Mining and Smelting Co.	Aspen	District	1990
Hotel Jerome	Aspen	Building	1986
Hyman-Brand Building	Aspen	Building	1985
Hynes, Thomas, House	Aspen	Building	1987
Independence and Independence Mill Site	Ghost Town	District	1973
La Fave Block	Aspen	Building	1987
Maroon Creek Bridge	Aspen	Structure	1985
New Brick-The Brick Saloon	Aspen	Building	1987
Newberry House	Aspen	Building	1987
Osgood Castle	Redstone	Building	1971
Osgood Gamekeeper's Lodge	Redstone	Building	1989
Osgood-Kuhnhausen House	Redstone	Building	1983
Pitkin County Courthouse	Aspen	Building	1975
Redstone Coke Oven Historic District	Redstone	District	1990
Redstone Historic District	Redstone	District	1989
Redstone Inn	Redstone	Building	1980
Riede's City Bakery	Aspen	Building	1987
Sheely Bridge	Aspen	Structure	1985
Shilling-Lamb House	Aspen	Building	1987
Smith-Elisha House	Aspen	Building	1989
Smuggler Mine	Aspen	Site	1987
Soldner Home and Studio	Aspen	District	2022
Ute Cemetery	Aspen	Site	2002
Waite, Davis, House	Aspen	Building	1987
Webber, Henry, House-Pioneer Park	Aspen	Building	1987
Wheeler Opera House	Aspen	Building	1972
Wheeler-Stallard House	Aspen	Building	1975

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pitkin was formed in 1881 (1881-02-23) from Gunnison.

PITKIN created from GUNNISON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pitkin County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,929	7,020	2,707	1,836	1,646	2,381	10,338	14,872	17,358

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

5 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Aspen Grove Cemetery	39.185	-106.80381
Fairview Cemetery	39.3649	-107.0213
Red Butte Cemetery	39.20165	-106.83532
Ute Cemetery	39.18228	-106.81252
Wheatley Cemetery	39.33248	-106.9806

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Independence	39.10721	-106.60587
Ruby	39.02083	-106.6092

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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