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Winfield

Ghost town · Chaffee County, Colorado

Mount Harvard quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:62,500)
Mount Harvard quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1955, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Winfield is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado. It is one of 14 former communities in Chaffee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 48 Colorado counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Winfield 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 38.9856° N, 106.4400° W.

Key facts

Elevation10,258 ft
Nearest living townTwin Lakes, CO
Distance to it10.4 miles
Coordinates38.98556, -106.44000

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What's there now

Winfield is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Twin Lakes, CO (population 504), about 10.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10,258 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The remnants of the Winfield Mining Camp in the mountains near Granite.
The remnants of the Winfield Mining Camp in the mountains near Granite. · User:Magicpiano / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Questions

Where is Winfield?

Winfield is in Chaffee County, Colorado, at 38.9856, -106.4400.

How many ghost towns are in Chaffee County?

Chaffee County, Colorado has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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