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Teller County, Colorado

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

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11historic places

—earliest paper

1899formed

24,710pop. 2020

4cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Victor, Florissant, Cripple Creek.

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 Teller titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cripple Creek Historic District NHL	Cripple Creek	District	1966
Crystola Bridge	Crystola	Structure	2023
Florissant School	Florissant	Building	1990
Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station	Goldfield	Building	1984
Hornbek House	Florissant	Building	1981
Manitou Experimental Forest Station	Woodland Park	District	1998
Midland Terminal Railroad Depot	Victor	Building	1984
Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill	Victor	District	1993
Twin Creek Ranch	Florissant	District	1997
Victor Downtown Historic District	Victor	District	1985
Victor Hotel	Victor	Building	1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Teller was formed in 1899 (1899-03-23) from El Paso, Fremont.

TELLER created from EL PASO and FREMONT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Teller County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
29,002	6,696	6,463	2,754	2,495	8,034	20,555	24,710

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Park unit	9.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Divide Cemetery	38.94986	-105.15707
Florissant Cemetery	38.93249	-105.27304
Fourmile Cemetery	38.84737	-105.27903
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	38.74897	-105.1939

Historical populated places — 6 of 6

Name	Lat	Lon
Altman	38.7361	-105.13387
Anaconda	38.73193	-105.16313
Gillett	38.78193	-105.12276
Independence	38.73221	-105.13665
Mound City	38.72464	-105.17693
Seven Lakes	38.78165	-105.00859

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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