Profile for Leadville, Colorado, CO

Former and merged names include:
· Agassiz
· Boughtown
· Carbonate
· Cloud City
· Harrison
· Slabtown

Boom-and-bust mining town with deposits of gold, silver and lead. Early mining magnates were known as the Carbonate Kings

During Prohibition, bootleggers operated stills in abandoned mine shafts

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 10. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 3.6 per 1,000 people.

Filming location for:
· 2004 movie, "Silver City"
· 1995 movie, "Under Siege 2"

Leadville attractions: Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad

Historic sites and museums: Healy House Dexter Cabin, National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum, Matchless Mine Museum, Heritage Museum

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Quotes:
From Salt Lake City one travels over the great plains of Colorado and up the Rocky Mountains, on the top of which is Leadville, the richest city in the world. It has got the reputation of being the roughest, and every man carries a revolver.
-- Impressions of America
Oscar Wilde

Listed places near Leadville

Cemeteries (3)

Hotels (4)

Libraries (1)

Museums (3)

Ski areas (1)

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• Lake County data
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• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

Sections below provide additional information and links about Leadville demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Lake County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 80461 ZIP code.

(Also see local map below.)

• Leadville Chamber of Commerce

16% of Leadville residents report German ancestry, and 12% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Leadville ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Leadville
• Cemeteries in Lake County
• Libraries in or near Leadville

Post a query on a message board:

• Lake County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - CO data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
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• Immigration records
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• Newspaper articles

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• Cemetery record compendium
• Colorado cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Leadville
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• Communities in Lake County

• Leadville business guide
• Leadville Chamber of Commerce
• Better Business Bureau
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• Corporate records search

• Courts in Colorado
• Local ordinances in Colorado (Partial selection)

• Crime in Lake County
• Arrests in Lake County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Colorado
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Leadville was $20,607, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Wage estimates
• Lake County economic census
• Lake County economic summary
• Lake County employment growth
• Lake County unemployment rate
• Colorado economic data

27% of Leadville residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Leadville
• Colleges in Colorado
• Learning Disabilities Association in Colorado
• Schools in or near Leadville
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• School report cards
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• Movies & TV shows filmed in Leadville
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• Air pollution in Lake County
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• Nature Conservancy projects in Colorado
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
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• Water levels & streamflow conditions in Colorado

Leadville festival web sites:

• Boom Days

• ePodunk festival listings
• Colorado county fairs
• Colorado festivals (Colorado tourism department)
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• Confluence of latitude & longitude near Leadville
• Geocaches in Colorado

• Leadville items now on sale

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• Leadville medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

Historic districts in Leadville include Leadville Historic District ... View historic districts

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• Historic sites in Colorado
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• Museums in Colorado
• Colorado state archives
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Lake County genealogy forum

Median rent in Leadville, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $439.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $838.

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Libraries in Leadville include Lake County Public Library ... View libraries

• Libraries near Leadville

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• Census map of Leadville area
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Newspapers in Leadville include Leadville Herald Democrat

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• Leadville Chamber of Commerce
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• Kiwanis clubs in Colorado
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• Nonprofit groups
• Nonprofit guide for Leadville
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• Parks near Leadville
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Lake County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Leadville political report.

• Colorado Democratic party
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• Churches, other places of worship in or near Leadville
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The average commute time for Leadville workers is 32 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

Hotels in Leadville include Delaware Hotel, Silver King Inn, Super 8.

• Leadville travel guide
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• Colorado tourism bureau

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