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History · Catherine

18% of Catherine’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Catherine’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Catherine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Catherine’s history is told.

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The story

How Catherine came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Catherine.

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The Catherin, Colorado, [sic] post office operated from October 18, 1892, until February 15, 1902. The Carbondale post office (ZIP Code 81623) serves the area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Catherine, decade by decade

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Roaring Fork River in2025Roaring Fork River inRoaring Fork River and the Rio Grande Trail2025Roaring Fork River and the Rio Grande TrailRio Grande Trail in2025Rio Grande Trail inRFTA bus stop in2025RFTA bus stop inCatherine Trailhead2025Catherine TrailheadCatherine Bridge2025Catherine Bridge
On the map

Catherine on the map, 1961 to 1982

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Catherine. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Catherine on the 1961 USGS mapCatherine on the 1982 USGS map1961Carbondale sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Catherine.

Famous people

Famous people close to Catherine

Nobody well known was born in Catherine itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Gabe NewellAmerican computer programmer and businessman · b. 1962
Alex FerreiraAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1994
David L. Bernhardt53rd United States Secretary of the Interior · b. 1969
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Alexi GrewalRacing cyclist · b. 1960
Jeremy AbbottAmerican figure skater · b. 1985
Sarah SchleperAmerican-Mexican alpine skier · b. 1979
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

MulfordIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Catherine’s history

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.