Editing Basalt, Colorado (section)

==History==
Basalt was first named Aspen Junction after the railroad junction which led to present day [[Aspen, Colorado]]. Aspen Junction was a territory serving Aspen to Leadville Mining towns, with the Railroad Junction, also going West and South to Carbondale and Glenwood Springs. The Aspen Junction, Colorado, post office opened on February 13, 1890.<ref name=CPO>{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=[[Colorado Railroad Museum|Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation]]|location=[[Golden, Colorado]]|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}</ref> The town was first served by the [[Colorado Midland Railway|Colorado Midland Railroad]], but the railroad was later bought by the [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|Denver & Rio Grande Railroad]] in 1901.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basalt.net/217/History-of-Basalt|title=History of Basalt {{!}} Basalt, CO - Official Website|website=www.basalt.net|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basaltmountaininn.com/basalt-colorado/history/|title=History of Basalt, Colorado|website=Basalt Mountain Inn|language=en-US|access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>

The Aspen Junction post office was renamed Basalt on June 19, 1895,<ref name=CPO/> and the Town of Basalt was incorporated on August 26, 1901.<ref name=COMun/> The name was chosen for the basaltic rock formations on Basalt Mountain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basalt.net/history.htm |title=Welcome to Basalt, Colorado |publisher=Town of Basalt |access-date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309104919/http://www.basalt.net/history.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref>