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Welcome to Baldwin ...

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

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


Baldwin would have been located within present day Gunnison County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Baldwin, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Baldwin is 8,760 feet [2,670 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Baldwin is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Baldwin was located: 970 & 748<4>

Communities Also Named Baldwin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Baldwin - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York (3), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (2), Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Baldwin ...

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

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 Baldwin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Baldwin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Baldwin. 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 Baldwin.

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

Adding Baldwin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baldwin 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 (so far) for Baldwin was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baldwin.

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 Baldwin, 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 Gunnison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baldwin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Baldwin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Baldwin area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.