Welcome to Gladstone ...

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

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

Gladstone would have been located within present day San Juan County<2>.

The location of Gladstone has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gladstone, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gladstone is 10,500 feet [3,200 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Gladstone is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level.

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

If Gladstone still existed, it would have been in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Gladstone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Gladstone - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Gladstone ...

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

• Telluride
  (9 miles [14.5 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 <5>
• Mountain Village
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
  • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <5>
• Ouray
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • 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 <5>
• Ridgway
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • 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 <5>
• Silverton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • 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 <5>
• Ophir
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <5>
• Chattanooga ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
  • Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
• Eureka ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka is located in San Juan County
• Howardsville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Howardsville is located in San Juan County
• Animas Forks ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas Forks
  • Animas Forks 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 Gladstone. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gladstone.

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

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

Adding Gladstone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gladstone 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 Gladstone was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Gladstone post office opened in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gladstone.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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