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Mound City

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท COLORADO

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

Location Record

Name
Mound City
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Colorado
County
Teller County
USGS Map
Cripple Creek South
Coordinates
38.7246420, -105.1769257
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GNIS Feature ID
203916

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

Site of former town in valley NW of Rosebud Hill near Anaconda

GNIS historical note

Founded in 1891, declined 1905

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 203916. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text The American Guide Series, Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration. A state by state guide series published by various publishers, in the late 1930's and 1940's. Each book studies and describes each state's history, natural endowments, and special interests. Use code US-T125/Name/YYYY/p#.
  • Unknown Cripple Creek & Victor Mine 2020-12-31 00:00:00

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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