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unincorporated, located across the Colorado River from Parachute, population est at 2225

1883-1886

Founded in 1878 when 3 prospectors by the name of Bell, Blake and Cleiopfar discovered carbonate ore containing silver. It became the original county seat of Garfield County in 1883 and a tollroad was built to connect it to Glenwood Springs. Four months later the county seat was moved to Glenwood Springs, due to its location above timberline in the Flat Tops. Within a year the site was abandoned and only 2 cabins remain.

4/27/1888-Present

Founded in 1887 as a RR depot for Denver & Rio Grande RR, it was named after a town in PA of the same name. Much of the town burned in an 1891 fire, but it was rebuilt and now has a population of 5000.

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1887-1920

located just S of Glenwood Springs, began as a coking facility for the railroad. It contained 50 coking ovens that began operations in 1888. Additional ovens were added when the town was purchased by Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in 1892, bringing the total ovens to 250. By 1920 Cardiff was a ghost town. The schoolhouse remains.

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1882-1904

renamed Rockford, Satank and Moffat, now part of Carbondale

1887-1912

coal mining camp S of Glenwood Springs on 117RD, renamed Sunlight

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9/4/1885-Present

County Seat of Garfield County, population 8202

1904-1980

renamed Parachute in 1980

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See Spring Gulch

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1885-1912

Coal mining camp just west of Jerome Park.

1882-1904

formerly Cooperton, Rockford and Satank, now part of Carbondale

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2/27/1888-Present

population 1716

1/15/1908-Present

formerly Grand Valley, population 1153

8/18/1905-Present

population 6367

1882-1904

aka Cooperton, Satank and Moffat, now part of Carbondale

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1882-1904

formerly known as Cooperton and Rockford, later renamed Moffat, now part of Carbondale

May 1915-Present

population 1612

1887-?

Also known as Gulch, it was an old coal mining camp just S of Marion. In 1906 a mine explosion killed 6 miners. The site is now private and access restricted.

1887-1912

Originally called Fourmile Creek, it was a coal mining camp to support the Sunset Mine, S of Glenwood Springs on 117RD. An explosion in 1897 killed about a dozen miners. Only one building remains.

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