Smeltertown, Colorado

About Smeltertown

Smeltertown, CO is a small unincorporated community located in southern Colorado.

Officially, Smeltertown is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.15 square miles.

📰 Smeltertown News Today

• The 100th anniversary of historic Smeltertown Smokestack set The Chaffee County Times · Aug 11
• Behemoth Smeltertown Smokestack a tribute to mining history Pueblo Chieftain · Jan 6
• Ice rink officially coming to Smeltertown, Salida | Local News TheMountainMail.com · May 5
• Pure Greens purchases Nature’s Medicine, its first cannabis retail center in Salida Ark Valley Voice · Apr 10
• Paul Edward Brinkerhoff | Obituaries TheMountainMail.com · Nov 7

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What Makes Smeltertown Unique

• The only place in America named Smeltertown — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.15 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

⚡ Quick Facts

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