Editing Nederland, Colorado (section)

===Name origin===
In the mid-19th century the first homesteaders gave a variety of names for the area. The town was first called Dayton, then Browns Crossing. In 1871, when the US Postal Service first set up an office, the name was changed to Middle Boulder after the creek that flows through the center of town (and continues eastward to become [[Boulder Creek (Colorado)|Boulder Creek]]).

In 1873 the Caribou Mine, at an elevation of roughly {{convert|10000|ft}} and {{convert|6|mi|0}} northwest of the town, was sold to the ''Mining Company Nederland'' from the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://nederlandco.org/about/town-history-2/| title= How We Became Nederland| publisher= Town of Nederland| access-date= September 14, 2015| archive-date= June 12, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140034/http://nederlandco.org/about/town-history-2/| url-status= dead}}</ref> The high elevation meant fierce winds and deep winter snow, so the new owners of the mine decided that it was beneficial to bring ore from Caribou down to Middle Boulder for milling. In the [[Dutch language]], ''Nederland'' ("Netherlands" in English) means low land, and based on casual usage by the Dutch miners, Middle Boulder came to be known as Nederland. In 1874 the town was incorporated and adopted Nederland as the official name.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9614| title=Profile for Nederland, Colorado| publisher=ePodunk| access-date= September 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nederlandchamber.org/com_nederlandhistory.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120065656/http://nederlandchamber.org/com_nederlandhistory.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=November 20, 2008 |title=Nederland Area Chamber of Commerce |publisher=Nederlandchamber.org |access-date=May 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nederlandmuseums.org/timeline.html |title=nederlandmuseums.org |publisher=nederlandmuseums.org |access-date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>