Wideawake, Gilpin County, Colorado, United States

Overview of Wideawake

• Name:
  Wideawake
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Gilpin County, Colorado, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  mining site
• History (GNIS):
  Most recently owned by the Clemens family the town was home to several hundred at its peak during the Colorado gold rush. Name origin is unknown. One version states "Documents from the Gilpin Cty Historical Society say the town was named for miners who couldn't decide their next move . . . Let's postpone this business till we're more wide awake. Another version has a disgusted miner, after several meetings, chastising his colleagues: 'we'll call one more meeting on this business, and you'd better be wide awake.'"
• Surveys:
  Township 2 South, Range 73 West, Sixth Principal Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:39.849987539° 50' 60.0"N

  Longitude:-105.5216644105° 31' 18.0"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Gilpin 2.9 mi. N
  • Central City 3.3 mi. S
  • Black Hawk 4 mi. S
  • Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County) 7.4 mi. S
  • Nederland (Boulder County) 7.7 mi. N
  • Empire (Clear Creek County) 10.6 mi. SW
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Dory Hill 2.1 mi. E
  • Masonic 2.3 mi. S
  • City 2.8 mi. S
  • Knights of Pythias 2.8 mi. S
  • Catholic (Central City) 2.8 mi. S
  • Red Men Lodge 2.9 mi. S
  • Foresters (Central City) 3 mi. S
  • Independent Order of Oddfellows (Central City) 3 mi. S
  • Bald Mountain 3.9 mi. S
  • Missouri City (Central City) 4.2 mi. S
  • Rocky Mountain Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Number 2 5.2 mi. S
  • Russell Gulch 5.2 mi. S
• Elevation:
  2,854 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  407939631
• Updated Apr 19, 2020