Alpine
Alpine is a small community, sometimes considered a ghost town, in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. It was founded as a mining town. The Alpine post office operated from October 26, 1874, until June 30, 1904.- Type: Hamlet with 174 residents
- Description: human settlement in Colorado, United States of America
- Also known as: “Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado” and “Alpine, Colorado”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Elmo.
Saint Elmo
Hamlet
Photo: Dk4hb, Public domain.
Saint Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet. Saint Elmo is situated 3 miles west of Alpine.
Alpine
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.71168° or 38° 42′ 42″ northLongitude
-106.28765° or 106° 17′ 16″ westPopulation
174Open location code
85CMPP66+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2742192085OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q4735455
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Alpine” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿爾派恩 (科羅拉多州鬼鎮)”
- Chinese: “阿爾派恩”
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