Gold Hill (Colorado)
Boulder County
08-30945
Gold Hill is a census -designated place in Boulder County in the U.S. state of Colorado with 230 inhabitants (as of 2010). Gold Hill is located about 15 km west of Boulder. As ores have been found in this area in 1859 for the first time, began the colonization of this region, so that an estimated 1500 miners lived within a year in this area. However, when the discovery of gold eased, attracted many of the residents in other settlements. In 1872 they found tellurium in Gold Hill and the settlement had its second golden age. Since that time, the city has been continuously inhabited Gold Hill.
Geography
Gold Hills geographical coordinates loud 40 ° 4 ' N, 105 ° 25' W40.063888888889 - 105.41194444444 ( 40.063785, -105.411911 ). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.2 km ², all of which related to land.
The city consists of several historic wooden buildings, some of which have been restored in recent years; other buildings from the heyday of mining in Gold Hill, however, are subject to decay. There is a small museum and the two- classroom school, which opened in 1873, making it the oldest continuously operated public school Colorado. In addition, a shop and a restored guest house, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city has a small road network of gravel roads.
Gold Hill is on the Lick Skillet Road - connected to the Left Hand Canyon Road - the steepest County Roads in the United States. Easier access roads to Gold Hill lead on the Sunshine Canyon Road Boulder, the. Gold Run Road from Salina (at the Four Mile Canyon Road ) and the Gold Hill Road from Colorado State Highway 72 south of Ward All these roads are covered in snow in winter, so that Gold Hill is inaccessible for vehicles without snow chains or four-wheel drive.
History
At the time of discovery of the first gold discovery in Colorado vein at Gold Run on January 15, 1859, the area belonged to the Nebraska Territory. The discovery was made almost simultaneously to the explorations of Gregory Gulch and Clear Creek, but these later discoveries have been exploited in the spring until later. On March 7, 1859, the area at the Gold Run was the first mining district in the region ( various historical sources indicate that this was one of the names Mountain District No. 1, Mining District No. 1 of the Nebraska Territory and Nebraska Gold Hill Mining District ). The news of the discovery was made under the gold diggers quickly the round and have rapidly increased the number of new arrivals, so that Gold Hill soon the first permanent mining camp in the area of present-day Colorado was. By the fall we had built a quartz stamp mill at the foot of the mountain. The equipment for this was westward transported by ox cart on the Great Plains.
In 1861, the year of formation of the Colorado Territorys that lying on the surface of the gold deposits in the area of the city were largely exhausted, so that many of the gold diggers left the city and the population declined temporarily. The construction of a melt in Black Hawk, could be processed with the least significant ore also led to a certain revival.
The discovery of tellurium in 1872 sparked a new boom, and the population again reached almost 1000th At the peak of its development was published in the city newspaper and several hotels including the Mines Hotel Built in 1872, offered accommodation. The hotel was immortalized by a poem by Eugene Field, when he worked as a newspaper man in Denver and was staying in the hotel. The city experienced during their existence in two large fires, but most of the historic wooden buildings have been preserved.
Historical buildings
In Gold Hill, the historic Gold Hill Historic District (also known as Gold Hill, 5BL769 ). The area includes the streets of North Street, Pine Street, Boulder Street, Gold Run Street and College Street. It was recorded as a historic district with the number 89000979 on 3 August 1989 by the National Register of Historic Places.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were Gold Hill 210 people. The population density was 40.3 people per km ². There were 114 housing units at an average 21.9 per km ². The population consisted Hills Gold to 89.05 % White, 0.48 % African American, 3.33% Native American, 1.90% Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 4.29 % reported from other races and 0.95 % from two or more races. 7.62 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Hills Gold distributed to 90 households out of which 33.3 % were living in children under 18 years. 46.7 % married couples living together, 2.2 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.7 % were non-families. 35.6 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 1.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size is 3.00.
The population was spread out with 22.9 % under the, 4.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 37.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 32.4 % 45-64 year olds and 2.9 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 114.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 116.0 males.
The median household income in Gold Hill was 48,750 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the level of 76 850 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 48 929 U.S. dollars, compared to 12,105 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 24,675 U.S. dollars. No one had an income below the poverty line.