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Altman

Ghost town · Teller County, Colorado

Cripple Creek South quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Cripple Creek South quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Altman is a ghost town in Teller County, Colorado. It is one of 7 former communities in Teller County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Altman as a historical populated place on the Cripple Creek 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 38.7361° N, 105.1339° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Colorado before 1931 that mention “Altman”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 1,070 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCripple Creek South
Nearest living townGoldfield, CO
Distance to it1.4 miles
GNIS feature ID203908
Coordinates38.73610, -105.13387

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What's there now

Altman is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Goldfield, CO (population 160), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Altman, Colorado
Altman, Colorado · Craig Talbert / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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Questions

Where is Altman?

Altman is in Teller County, Colorado, at 38.7361, -105.1339.

How many ghost towns are in Teller County?

Teller County, Colorado has 7 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.