Eagle County, Colorado

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Eagle county is located in northcentral Colorado, on the western slope. I-70 traverses Eagle county, providing access to the communities of Dotsero, Gypsum, Eagle, Edwards, Avon, and Vail. To the north of I-70 are the small towns of Sweetwater, Bond, McCoy, and Wolcott. To the south of I-70 are the communities of Minturn, Red Cliff, and the ghost town of Gilman. Between Glenwood Springs (in Garfield County) and Aspen (in Pitkin County) are Basalt and El Jebel. (Personal knowledge, J. Crook)

Eagle County List from the National Register of Historic Places

To be added 1885 census; more complete list of museums; county government and historic place names.

Contents 1 Historical census data for Eagle County 2 Eagle County, Colorado Historic Newspapers online 3 Historical Societies and Museums 4 Historic Eagle County Place Names 5 Sources

Historical census data for Eagle County

Census Year	Eagle County	Avon	Basalt	Eagle	Gypsum	Minturn	Red Cliff	Vail
1890	3725	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	N. A.	383	N. A.
1900	3608	N. A.	382	124	N. A.	N. A.	256	N. A.
1910	2985	N. A.	235	186	N. A.	241	383	N. A.
1920	3385	N. A.	185	358	164	298	347	N. A.
1930	3924	N. A.	148	341	165	400	544	N. A.
1940	5361	N. A.	212	518	245	596	715	N. A.
1950	4488	N. A.	173	445	345	509	556	N. A.
1960	4677	N. A.	213	546	358	662	586	N. A.
1970	7498	N. A.	419	790	420	706	621	484
1980	13320	640	529	950	743	1060	409	3555
1990	21928	1798	1128	1580	1750	1066	297	3659
2000	41659	5561	2681	3032	3654	1068	289	4531
2010	52197	6447	3857	6508	6477	1027	267	5305
2020	55731	6072	3984	7511	8040	1033	257	4835

Eagle County, Colorado Historic Newspapers online

Years	Title of Publication	Beginning and ending dates	Number of issues
1899 to 1907	The Basalt Journal	January 7, 1899 - December 14, 1907	378 issues
1945 to 1989	Blizzard	January 28, 1945 - July 1, 1989	140 issues
1942 to 1944	The Camp Hale Ski-Zette	December 18, 1942 - September 30, 1944	72 issues
1897 to 1911	The Eagle County Blade	February 4, 1897 - November 17, 1911	658 issues
1897 to 1899	Eagle County Examiner	July 3, 1897 - July 22, 1899	6 issues
1920 to 1922	The Eagle County News	August 21, 1920 - December 16, 1922	112 issues
1898 to 1906	Eagle County Times	August 13, 1898 - June 30, 1906	361 issues
1973 to 1975	The Eagle Eye	September 18, 1973 - June 10, 1975	53 issues
1902 to 1982	The Eagle Valley Enterprise	May 24, 1901 - August 19, 1982	4166 issues
1893	The Fulford Signal	April 14, 1893 - November 10, 1893	22 issues
1915	The Gypsum Democrat	May 8, 1915 - June 12, 1915	2 issues
1922 to 1941	The Holy Cross Trail	December 30, 1922 - September 19, 1941	967 issues
1965 to 1975	The Vail Trail	October 1, 1965 - January 31, 1975	435 issues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Eagle_County,_Colorado

Historical Societies and Museums

Basalt Regional Heritage Society Undeveloped website when visited October 22, 2021

Eagle County Historical Society An active historical society which operates a museum and publishes books about Eagle County.

Coloado Snowsport Museum Vail, Colorado

Camp Hale National Historic Site

Historic Eagle County Place Names

The main source for the information in this table is Stanwyck's "Colorado Places by County."

Adelaide Park	Mining Camp
Allen	also known as Wilmore; Railroad Station on 1895 map
Allenton	Railroad stop on maps through 1923
Aspen Junction	Established 1890; name changed to Basalt in 1895
Astor City	Early trading post
Avon	Established 1884; incorporated 1978
Basalt	Established 1882; name changed 1895. Incorporated 1901
Battle Mountain	see Gilman
Belden	Established 1879 in Summit County; on 1889 railroad map
Bell's Camp	Also known as Cleveland; Established 1880 in Summit County
Blaine	Post Office 1884-1886
Bond	Established 1934
Burns	Established 1895
Buss Place	On 1964 map
Camp Fulford	See Fulford; Established before 1887
Camp Hale	Established 1942
Carterville
Casteel Creek
Castle	Post Office established 1885; name changed to Eagle 1891
Castles	Railroad stop 1895-1899 map
Castner	Railroad stop 1923 map
Cleveland	also known as Bell’s Camp; established 1880 in Summit County; Post Office 1883-1884 in Eagle County
Cooper	Post Office established 1881 in Summit County; became Taylor 1882-1886 in Eagle County; renamed Cooper 1886-1890.
Copper Spur	Name changed from Coppertown in 1929; Postoffice 1929-1955
Copperton	Post office 1917
Coppertown	Post office 1922-1929
Camp Fency	Established 1880-1884 in Summit County
Derby	Post office 1888-1889
Derby Junction
Dotsero	Established 1880; Post office 1882-1948
Dowd	Dowds Junction; Established 1907
Eagle	Post Office 1880-1882
Eagle	previously Castle, Rio Aguila, McDonald; Est 1885; 1891 name changed to Eagle; Incorporated 1905.
Eagle Park	On 1887 map.
Edwards	Established 1883
El Jebel	Railroad Stop 1923-1980;
Emma	Established 1883
Fulford	also known as Camp Fulford; established before 1887; post office 1892-1910
Fort Arnett	Settler Fort Established 1879
Gilman	originally Clinton, then Battle Mountain, Rock Creek; railroad stop 1881; town established 1886; post office closed 1985
Gold Park	post office 1881-1883
Gypsum	Established 1883; incorporated 1911
Halfway House	Stage Stop

Sources

• Historical Census Data - Counties and Municipalities Colorado Department of Local Affairs: State Demography Office, 2018. Accessed 23 March 2018.

• Stanwyck, Don "Colorado County Evolution." CoGenWeb project, 2003. Accessed 2018 March 23. Archives by the Wayback Machine on March 19, 2018. Accessed archived page on 20 October 2021.

• Stanwyck, Don "Colorado Places by County." CoGenWeb project, 1998, 2009 & 2011. Accessed 2018 July 26