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Slit & New Castle, Colorado

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- Slit -

Silt is a small town in Garfield County, Colorado. Its population was 3,536 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Glenwood Springs Micropolitan Area.The community was named for the silt deposits at the original town site.

The distance between Slit and New Castle is just 7 miles, but the road distance is 9.4 miles.


Silt Mesa, The Grand Hogback, Silt Co
 Looking west
 (from Coloradowebcam.net) 

 

- New Castle -

The Town of New Castle is in Garfield County, Colorado. The population was 4,923 at the 2020 census. When incorporated in 1888, its economy was largely based on coal mining. Because of past accidents that caused explosions, today there's at least 25 coal fires burning near the town that are confined underground. Between 1896 and 1911, 90 miners were killed in three of those explosions.

 

Lakota Canyon, New Castle CO
 (from Coloradowebcam.net) 

- Map of New Castle -
(To see Slit, Co, click on the negative (-) icon once and look west)

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