Rollinsville, Colorado

Rollinsville, Colorado
Census-designated place

Businesses along State Highway 119 in Rollinsville
Rollinsville
Rollinsville
Coordinates: 39°54′59″N 105°30′03″W / 39.91639°N 105.50083°W / 39.91639; -105.50083Coordinates: 39°54′59″N 105°30′03″W / 39.91639°N 105.50083°W / 39.91639; -105.50083
Country  United States
State  Colorado
County Gilpin County[1]
Area
 • Total 1.41 sq mi (3.66 km2)
 • Land 1.41 sq mi (3.66 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1] 8,474 ft (2,583 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 181
 • Density 128/sq mi (49.5/km2)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code[2] 80474
GNIS feature ID 0202787
FIPS code 08-65685

Rollinsville is a census-designated place and a U.S. Post Office located in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the mountains southwest of the city of Boulder, on the flank of a hill above South Boulder Creek along State Highway 119 between Nederland and Black Hawk. It consists of a small cluster of residences and several businesses at the terminus of the road leading westward up to Rollins Pass at the summit of the Front Range. The population as of the 2010 Census was 181.[3] The Rollinsville post office has the ZIP Code 80474.[2]

A post office called Rollinsville has been in operation since 1871.[4] The community was named for John Q. A. Rollins, a prominent mining executive in Gilpin County in the 1860s and 1870s.[5]

Geography

Rollinsville is located in northern Gilpin County at 39°54′59″N 105°30′03″W / 39.91639°N 105.50083°W / 39.91639; -105.50083 (39.916320,-105.500851), along Colorado State Highway 119, the Peak to Peak Highway. It is 5 miles (8 km) south of Nederland and 14 miles (23 km) north of Black Hawk.

The South Fork of Boulder Creek flows just south of the town. The creek follows the railroad tracks into a small canyon and emerges near the Boulder/Gilpin county border before flowing through Pinecliffe, Colorado.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rollinsville CDP, Colorado". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: Why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 43.
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