WayfarrowFort Julesburg
Ghost town · Sedgwick County, Colorado
Fort Julesburg is a ghost town in Sedgwick County, Colorado. It is one of 2 former communities in Sedgwick County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 34th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fort Julesburg as a historical populated place on the Julesburg 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 40.9430° N, 102.3582° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Julesburg |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,512 ft |
| Nearest living town | Ovid, CO |
| Distance to it | 2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 182705 |
| Coordinates | 40.94305, -102.35824 |
What's there now
Fort Julesburg is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ovid, CO (population 378), about 2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,512 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Fort Sedgwickghost town · Sedgwick County · 1.2 mi
- Clarkvilleghost town · Yuma County · 40.4 mi
- Ordvilleghost town · Cheyenne County · 43.4 mi
Questions
Where is Fort Julesburg?
Fort Julesburg is in Sedgwick County, Colorado, at 40.9430, -102.3582.
How many ghost towns are in Sedgwick County?
Sedgwick County, Colorado has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.