Talk:Marble, Colorado

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[edit] Ghost Town versus Population

Marble had a population of 105 at the 2000 census. I guess the term Ghost Town is somewhat elastic, but it seems wrong for Marble. It's not appropriate to apply this term indiscriminately to any and all small towns.

It seems to me that there are two reasonable definitions for a "ghost town":

1. An entirely uninhabited place that was formerly a town. Examples: South Platte, Colorado; and Chivington, Colorado.

2. A place with a very low population, but which formerly had a much higher population, that contains many abandoned buildings of some historical interest. Example: Cripple Creek, Colorado.

As noted, Marble is still inhabited. I don't believe Marble ever had a population much larger than the present one, certainly never as high as 500.

Marble today does not contain many buildings of any kind, either abandoned or occupied. Paul 13:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I think the attribution of Marble as a ghost town came from their own "official" web site, in which they described Marble as "basically a ghost town". Unfortunately it seems the domain name for their site has expired, and google cache brings up nothing. I'm not sure about the abandoned buildings, I haven't been to Marble in a while but remember that private property issues make it nearly impossible to explore around there without permission, so who knows what's around (I can't remember abandoned buildings at nearby Crystal, Colorado either, aside from the mill). It's mostly summer homes now... Ah well. "sometimes considered a ghost town" is probably a good compromise. I'll remove the link to their web site if you haven't already. Adagio 14:48, 25 March 2007 (UTC)