Crisman is an
unincorporated community
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and a
census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by
Boulder County,
Colorado
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,
United States
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. The CDP is a part of the
Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Crisman CDP was 179 at the
United States Census 2020.
The
Boulder
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post office
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(
Zip Code 80302) serves the area.
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History
Crisman was founded in 1874 as a mining camp and named after the adjacent Crisman Mill, an ore-processing mill owned by prospector and early settler Obed Crisman. Crisman became a boomtown in 1881, when the Yellow Pine Mine produced a massive silver strike. Crisman became a stop on the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway
The Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway was a railroad that operated in northern Colorado in the United States during the 1880s. Founded with heavy backing with the Union Pacific Railroad, it was controlled by the Union Pacific from its incept ...
. The Panic of 1893
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and the subsequent crash of the silver market severely damaged Crisman's economy, although the nearby mines remained open for the duration. In 1894, Boulder Creek flooded, and much of the town was destroyed, including a section of railroad track. The obliterated structures were never rebuilt, and Crisman was significantly reduced in size. In 1901, the Logan Mine, a large gold operation near Crisman, uncovered a second strike, which prevented the town from disappearing altogether. By 1918, Crisman had become increasingly depopulated, and the post office closed that year. In 1919, another catastrophic flood swept through Fourmile Canyon, again destroying a section of railroad track and leaving little left of Crisman. The town has since been reduced to a hamlet.
Geography
Crisman is located in central Boulder County in the Front Range
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of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, in the valley of Fourmile Creek at an elevation of . Four Mile Canyon Drive leads southeast to Boulder and northwest to Gold Hill.
The Crisman CDP has an area of , including of water.[
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Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
See also
*North Central Colorado Urban Area
The North Central Colorado Urban Area comprises the four contiguous metropolitan statistical areas in the north central region of the State of Colorado: the Denver–Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Ar ...
* Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
References
External links
Crisman @ GhostTowns.comBoulder County website
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Census-designated places in Boulder County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado
Denver metropolitan area
1874 establishments in Colorado Territory