Abandoned Record
About Stoneham
Stoneham is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Weld County, Colorado, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Stoneham, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Stoneham is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Stoneham
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Sterling sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Sterling sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1977 Stoneham sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Sterling sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1997 Stoneham sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Stoneham
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Colorado index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Stoneham": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Stoneham, Colorado": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q3475728.
- USGS GNIS 182781.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).