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Astor City

Ghost town · Eagle County, Colorado

Minturn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)
Minturn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Astor City is a ghost town in Eagle County, Colorado. It is one of 6 former communities in Eagle County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Astor City as a historical populated place on the Minturn 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 39.5500° N, 106.4089° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMinturn
Elevation8,158 ft
Nearest living townMinturn, CO
Distance to it1.8 miles
GNIS feature ID198185
Coordinates39.54999, -106.40892

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What's there now

Astor City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Minturn, CO (population 987), about 1.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 8,158 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 Astor City?

Astor City is in Eagle County, Colorado, at 39.5500, -106.4089.

How many ghost towns are in Eagle County?

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

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