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History · Goldfield

Goldfield’s post office opened in 1895, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station. Below: maps from 1894 on.

1895first post office
1on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Goldfield began

When was Goldfield founded?

1895

The Goldfield post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 63131 years
Founding year: the first Goldfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Goldfield’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 Goldfield are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18943 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1983. Watch Goldfield change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Goldfield’s history is told.

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On the map

Goldfield on the map, 1894 to 1983

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

Goldfield on the 1894 USGS mapGoldfield on the 1901 USGS mapGoldfield on the 1983 USGS map1894Pikes Peak sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Goldfield came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Goldfield.

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The Goldfield post office operated from May 5, 1895, until June 3, 1932. The community was named for a gold mine near the original town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Goldfield, 1894 to 1932

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1895Post officeThe Goldfield post office opens
  4. 1899BuiltGoldfield City Hall and Fire Station is built
  5. 20th century
  6. 1932Post officeThe Goldfield post office closes
By decade

Goldfield, decade by decade

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Goldfield Colorado City Hall2020Goldfield Colorado City HallGoldfield City Hall and Fire Station 032012Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station 03Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station 022012Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station 02Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station 012012Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station 01(sm)DSC00914-Edit2008(sm)DSC00914-Edit
On the National Register

1 historic place in Goldfield

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station
Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station, built 1899
Buildings
Goldfield City Hall and Fire StationBuilt 1899

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Goldfield

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

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Talcott ParsonsAmerican sociologist · b. 1902
Lon ChaneyAmerican actor · b. 1883
Jon WattsAmerican film director, producer and screenwrit… · b. 1981
Scott Walker45th Governor of Wisconsin · b. 1967
Kelly BishopAmerican actress · b. 1944
John RomeroAmerican video game designer · b. 1967
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Goldfield had its own post office from 1895 to 1932.

Goldfield
1895–1932
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Gold Knob MinemineStewart MinemineTheobald Minemine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Goldfield’s history

What year was Goldfield founded?

The Goldfield post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Goldfield?

One place: the Goldfield City Hall and Fire Station (listed 1984).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.