Moffat County, Colorado

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Moffat County is located in northwestern Colorado, and extends to the Utah and Wyoming borders. It is largely uninhabited. Moffat County was originally part of Routt County. It became a separate county in 1911. Craig, the county seat, is also the main population center and only city in Moffat County. Other communities are Dinosaur (originally named Artesia) and Maybell. Other areas of note located in Moffat County are Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge, Dinosaur National Monument,Yampa River State Park,Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, Routt National Forest, and White River National Forest.

Contents 1 Historical census data for Moffat County 2 Moffat County, Colorado Historic Newspapers online 3 Moffat County Historical Societies & Museums 4 Moffat County Government 5 Historic place names in Moffat County 6 Sources

Historical census data for Moffat County

Census Year	Moffat county	Craig	Dinosaur
1910	N.A.	392	N. A.
1920	5129	1297	N. A.
1930	1418	1418	N. A.
1940	2123	437	N. A.
1950	3080	441	N. A.
1960	3984	612	N. A.
1970	4205	726	247
1980	8133	2084	313
1990	8091	3004	324
2000	9189	5196	319
2010	9464	6427	339
2020	13292	9060	243

Moffat County, Colorado Historic Newspapers online

Years	Title of Publication	Beginning and ending dates	Number of issues
1895 to 1928	The Craig Courier	June 15, 1895 - December 26, 1928	683 issues
1929 to 1945	Craig Empire Courier	December 18, 1929 - July 18, 1945	810 issues
1916 to 1926	The Moffat County Bell	April 13, 1916 - December 3, 1926	446 issues
1911 to 1920	Moffat County Courier	March 9, 1911 - December 30, 1920	498 issues
1891 to 1895	The Pantagraph	April 2, 1891 to January 18, 1895	123 issues
1902 to 1911	Routt County Courier	November 28, 1902 to March 2, 1911	429 issues

Moffat County Historical Societies & Museums

Wyman Living History Museum

Museum of Northwest Colorado

Moffat County Government

Moffat County, Colorado

Moffat County Public Libraries

Historic place names in Moffat County

The main source for information is Stanwyck's "Colorado Places by County."

Artesia	(now Dinosaur). Established 1914; Incorporated 1947; Name changed 1966.
Axial	Established 1883 in Routt County; since 1911, in Moffat County.
Bagby
Blue Mountain	Post Office 1949-1957
Brown's Park	Valley settled 1880; also known as Brown's Hole.
Caisson	Post Office 1920-1937
Craig originally Yampa	Established 1883 in Routt County. Name changed 1889 Incorporated 1908.
Camp Lay
Craig South Highlands
Cross Mountain	Post Office 1919-1943
Deep Channel	Post Office 1922-1926
Dinosaur originally Artesia	Established 1914; Incorporated 1947; Name changed 1966
Elk Springs	Established 1884; Post Office established 1924
Elkhead	Post Office 1927-1929
Escalante	Post Office 1889-1893
Eula	Post Office 1900-1902
Fort Misery
Fortification	Post Office 1883-1922
Fourmile	Post Office 1895-1899
Greystone	Established 1882; Post Office established 1921
Great Divide	Established 1916 Est 1916, Moffat Co.
Gresham	Post Office 1883-1884
Hamilton	Established 1885; Post Office established 1896
Iles Grove
Jack Rabbit	Post Office 1916-1923,
Jack Springs
Juniper later Juniper Springs or Juniper Hot Springs	Post Office 1906-1946
Lay	Established 1880
Lily	Post Office 1889-1937
Loyd	Post Office 1929-1955
Ladore	Post Office 1889-1933
Maybell	Established 1884
Morapos	Post Office 1912-1931
Mount Streeter	Post Office 1919-1921
Massadona	Post Office 1917-1932
Price Creek	Post Office 1912-1942
Powder Wash
Routt	Post Office 1930-1953
Rivas	Post Office 1924-1925
Streeter
Sunbeam	Post Office 1912-1942
Skull Creek	Post Office 1929-1949
Slater	Established 1876 in Carbon County, Wyoming; 1888 changed to Routt County.
Sparks	Post Office 1913-1914
Windsor	Post Office 1877-1880
Yampa now Craig	Established 1883 Routt County, renamed Craig 1899.
Youghal	Post Office 1919-1934
Younghall	On 1920s map
Wileys Resort
Windsor	Post Office 1877-1880

Sources

• Historical Census Data - Counties and Municipalities Colorado Department of Local Affairs: State Demography Office, 2018. Accessed 20 October 2021.

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