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Welcome to Mineral Hot Springs ...

Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mineral Hot Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Mineral Hot Springs: Mineral Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Mineral Hot Spngs. or Mineral Hot Sprngs.)

Mineral Hot Springs is 7,740 feet [2,359 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Mineral Hot Springs is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Mineral Hot Springs lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Mineral Hot Springs: 719

Communities near Mineral Hot Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mineral Hot Springs.

  • Saguache
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Crestone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Moffat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bonanza
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonanza is located in Saguache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
  • Villa Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kerper City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Kerper City is located in Saguache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerper City
  • Spook City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Spook City is located in Saguache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spook City
  • Coaldale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Vallie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallie is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
  • Calcite ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Calcite is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mineral Hot Springs ...

Looking for more information about Mineral Hot Springs? 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 Mineral Hot Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mineral Hot Springs.

Adding Mineral Hot Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mineral Hot Springs 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 Mineral Hot Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mineral Hot Springs post office opened in 1911. The Mineral Hot Springs post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral Hot Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Saguache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mineral Hot Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/