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Welcome to Tungsten ...

So far, we found very little information about Tungsten. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Tungsten to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tungsten, please Contact Us.

Tungsten would have been located within present day Boulder County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Tungsten, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Tungsten, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

From Place Names in Colorado,<4> the origin of Tungsten is described as "Named for the nearby tungsten mines."

While the community is gone, the present day location for Tungsten is 7,990 feet [2,435 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the elevation of Tungsten is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Tungsten was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Tungsten still existed, it would have been in the (303) and (720)<6> area codes.

Communities Also Named Tungsten ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Tungsten - they are located in Montana, Nevada, North Carolina and Northwest Territories.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tungsten.

Communities near Tungsten ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tungsten.

  • Boulder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Louisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Superior
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
    • Superior is located in Boulder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,413 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <7>
  • Idaho Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho Springs
    • Idaho Springs is located in Clear Creek County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,857 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho Springs <7>
  • Fraser
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Winter Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Park have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
    • Winter Park is located in Grand County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winter Park <7>
  • Central City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central City have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Central City is located in Gilpin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central City <7>
  • Empire
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Empire is located in Clear Creek County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <7>
  • Jamestown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ward
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ward have been provided by the GNIS.<8> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
    • Ward is located in Boulder County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <7>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tungsten. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tungsten.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tungsten. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tungsten.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tungsten. See our Newspapers Page for Tungsten.

Adding Tungsten to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tungsten in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tungsten was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

From that list, the Tungsten post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tungsten.

The official website for Boulder County: www.co.boulder.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tungsten, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Boulder, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
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<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tungsten - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>Area code (720) is an overlay for area code (303).
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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