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Saints John

Ghost town · Summit County, Colorado

Montezuma quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500)
Montezuma quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Saints John is a ghost town in Summit County, Colorado, recorded as human settlement in Colorado, United States of America. It is one of 7 former communities in Summit County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Saints John as a historical populated place on the Keystone 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 39.5717° N, 105.8817° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Colorado before 1931 that mention “Saints John”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 123 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleKeystone
Elevation10,779 ft
Nearest living townMontezuma, CO
Distance to it1 miles
GNIS feature ID182364
Coordinates39.57165, -105.88168

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What's there now

Saints John is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Montezuma, CO (population 83), about 1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10,779 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

A view of the collapsed remains of the Saints John Mill at the Colorado ghost town that bares the same name (excluding mill), near Montezuma and Breckenridge.
A view of the collapsed remains of the Saints John Mill at the Colorado ghost town that bares the same name (excluding mill), near Montezuma and Breckenridge. · D&RG Railfan / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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Questions

Where is Saints John?

Saints John is in Summit County, Colorado, at 39.5717, -105.8817.

How many ghost towns are in Summit County?

Summit 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.