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Mulford, ColoradoPhoto: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0
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History · Mulford

Half of Mulford’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Mulford was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1961 on.

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What stands out about Mulford’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 Mulford 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 Mulford’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mulford, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mulford yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mulford is a Census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Mulford CDP was 259 at the United States Census 2020. The Carbondale post office (Zip Code 81623) serves the area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 174 to 259 (+49%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Mulford, 1892 to 1961

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Catherin post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902Post officeThe Catherin post office closes
  5. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Mulford, decade by decade

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The Catherine Store in2025The Catherine Store inMulford, Colorado2025Mulford, Colorado
On the map

Mulford on the map, 1961 to 1982

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

Mulford on the 1961 USGS mapMulford 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 Mulford.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mulford

Nobody well known was born in Mulford 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
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Another post office, Catherin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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

Questions about Mulford’s history

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 (2), 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.