The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The El Jebel, Colorado, post office operated from May 1, 1973, until October 4, 1976. The Carbondale, Colorado, post office (ZIP Code 81623) serves El Jebel postal addresses. El Jebel grew rapidly in the last two decades of the 20th century with the population increase in the valley downstream from Aspen. It consists largely of a group of commercial establishments just off State Highway 82, approximately 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Basalt, as well as several housing subdivisions nearby.
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Start El Jebel’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how El Jebel’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in El Jebel is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean El Jebel has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Glassier Farmstead in Basalt, 1.9 miles away.
El Jebel and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.