Baldwin

Ghost town · Colorado

Boise North quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Baldwin is a ghost town in Colorado, recorded as populated place in Colorado. Colorado has 185 former communities on the federal names register.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Baldwin as a historical populated place: 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 43.6386° N, 116.2411° W.

Key facts

Elevation	2,654 ft
Nearest living town	Boise City, ID
Distance to it	2.7 miles
Coordinates	43.63861, -116.24111

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What's there now

Baldwin is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Boise City, ID (population 235,701), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,654 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

South Boise
ghost town · Ada County · 5.7 mi
Howell
ghost town · Boise County · 10.7 mi
Aikman
ghost town · Gem County · 14.8 mi
Neal
ghost town · Ada County · 16.3 mi
Blacks
ghost town · Ada County · 16.8 mi
Marsh
ghost town · Gem County · 20 mi
Bugtown
ghost town · Canyon County · 21.8 mi
Sands
ghost town · Owyhee County · 35.3 mi
Sinker
ghost town · Owyhee County · 38.3 mi
French
ghost town · Payette County · 39 mi
Fort Boise
ghost town · Canyon County · 40.8 mi
Rocky Bar
ghost town · Elmore County · 47.7 mi

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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