Saint Elmo
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.Photo: Dk4hb, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Colorado
- Also known as: “Saint Elmo, Colorado”, “St. Elmo”, “St. Elmo Historic District”, and “St. Elmo Historic District / Forest City”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alpine.
Alpine
Hamlet
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. Alpine is situated 3 miles east of Saint Elmo.
Saint Elmo
- Categories: ghost town, historic district, and locality
- Location: Chaffee, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.70417° or 38° 42′ 15″ northLongitude
-106.3455° or 106° 20′ 44″ westOpen location code
85CMPM33+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1188183125OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q2740896
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Saint Elmo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “St. Elmo”
- Chinese: “聖埃爾莫”
- French: “Saint Elmo”
- German: “St. Elmo”
- Italian: “St. Elmo”
- Spanish: “St Elmo”
- Spanish: “St. Elmo”
- Swedish: “St. Elmo”
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