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Adelaide

Ghost town · Lake County, Colorado

Mount Elbert quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Mount Elbert quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Adelaide is a ghost town in Lake County, Colorado. It is one of 6 former communities in Lake County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Adelaide as a historical populated place on the Leadville South topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.2472° N, 106.2581° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Colorado before 1931 that mention “Adelaide”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 1,435 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLeadville South
Elevation10,834 ft
Nearest living townLeadville, CO
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID180161
Coordinates39.24721, -106.25808

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What's there now

Adelaide is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Leadville, CO (population 2,634), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10,834 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Adelaide?

Adelaide is in Lake County, Colorado, at 39.2472, -106.2581.

How many ghost towns are in Lake County?

Lake County, Colorado has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.