Gillett

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · COLORADO

A historical populated place in Teller County, Colorado, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Gillett
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Colorado
County: Teller County
USGS Map: Pikes Peak
Coordinates: 38.7819327, -105.1227577
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GNIS Feature ID: 203906

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Ghost Town; only an airstrip remains.

GNIS historical note

Scene of one of the only bull fights in U.S. history in 1895.

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 203906. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

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Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.