Ironton
Ironton is an extinct town located in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lay south of the present town of Ouray, adjacent to the sites Guston and Red Mountain Town, fellow ghost towns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Ouray County, Colorado, United States
- Also known as: “Ironton, Colorado”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camp Bird and Tomboy.
Camp Bird
Hamlet
Camp Bird is a tiny unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. It lies between the present towns of Ouray and Telluride. Camp Bird is west of Thistledown and reached by CO Road 361. Camp Bird is situated 4 miles northwest of Ironton.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 4 miles west of Ironton.
Thistledown
Hamlet
Thistledown is an unincorporated community in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The community is located southwest of Ouray on Camp Bird Road between Ouray and Camp Bird. Thistledown is situated 4½ miles north of Ironton.
Ironton
- Categories: ghost town, historic site, and locality
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.93287° or 37° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
-107.68023° or 107° 40′ 49″ westElevation
9,800 feet (2,987 metres)Open location code
859JW8M9+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 151961816OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5426228Wikidata ID
Q6073275
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Ironton” goes by many names.
- Navajo: “Tsinyiʼ Béésh (kinsááʼ)”
- Navajo: “Tsinyiʼ Béésh”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ironton”. Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.