Mineral County, Colorado

Founding: 1893
Parent counties: Hinsdale, Rio Grande, and Saguache

Namesake: The region's mineral deposits
Seat: Creede (1893–)

Land area: 876 square miles

Population (2020): 865

Population (historic): 1,913 (1900); 1,239 (1910); 779 (1920); 640 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890s; 1930s; 1960s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 199 (15%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $760
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,802
Average farmhouse size (1940): 2.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 34
Average farm size (1920): 160.5 acres

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Creede

Namesake: Nicholas Creede, Colorado prospector

Founding: 1891 (post office); 1892 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 257

Population (historic): 938 (1900); 741 (1910); 500 (1920); 384 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890s; 1930s; 1960s
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