Welcome to Capitol City ...

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

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

Capitol City would have been located within present day Hinsdale County<2>.

Capitol City was founded in 1877.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Capitol City: Named by the founders with the hope that Capitol City would become the capitol of Colorado.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Capitol City is 9,710 feet [2,960 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Capitol City is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level.

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

Capitol City would have been located in the (970) area code.

Communities near Capitol City ...

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

• Telluride
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
  • Telluride is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,416 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telluride <4>
• Ouray
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouray
  • Ouray is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ouray <4>
• Ridgway
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
  • Ridgway is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <4>
• Silverton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Silverton is located in San Juan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <4>
• Lake City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Lake City is located in Hinsdale County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <4>
• Animas Forks ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas Forks
  • Animas Forks is located in San Juan County
• Eureka ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka is located in San Juan County
• Carson ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
  • Carson is located in Hinsdale County
• Old Carson ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carson
  • Old Carson is located in Hinsdale County
• Howardsville ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Howardsville is located in San Juan County

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

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

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

Adding Capitol City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Capitol City 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 Capitol City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Capitol City post office opened in 1877.

We also found Capitol City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Capitol City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hinsdale County: www.hinsdalecountycolorado.us/

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