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Welcome to East Portal ...

East Portal is located in Gilpin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Portal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

A typical abbreviation for East Portal: E. Portal

East Portal is 9,240 feet [2,816 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of East Portal is 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: East Portal lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for East Portal: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities Also Named East Portal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Portal - it's located in Montana.

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

Communities near East Portal ...

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

  • Granby
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Idaho Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nederland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Nederland is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nederland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,557 people
    • Former names for Nederland:
    • Browns Crossing
    • Dayton
    • Middle Boulder
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nederland <4>
  • Fraser
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Winter Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Georgetown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Central City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Empire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Empire is located in Clear Creek County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <4>
  • Jamestown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver Plume
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Portal ...

Looking for more information about East Portal? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to East Portal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Portal.

Adding East Portal to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Portal post office opened in 1923. The East Portal post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Portal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Gilpin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Portal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the East Portal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the East Portal area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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