Yoxall, Colorado

Yoxall is a ghost town in Weld County, in the U.S. state of Colorado.
History
The Denver & Boulder Valley Railroad reached the Yoxall area in 1870, having been built from Brighton. The railway reached Boulder in 1873, and Yoxall first came into existence as a railway station in 1870. The D&BVR was acquired by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1898.Yoxall was first classified as a populated place by the GNIS in 1950.
The railway through Yoxall was likely used for coal transport, owing to the mining of coal deposits in the Erie area. The Lincoln mine near St. Vrains opened in 1948, and it closed in 1979. By that point, the coal industry of the area had been in a steep decline, and traffic on the rail line was likely reduced heavily.
The railway was abandoned in 1967, as shown on Department of the Interior topographic maps from the time. Yoxall has been omitted from topographic maps since 1969, due to the abandonment of the railway. During its existence, Yoxall consisted solely of the railway track and a siding, with a railway station existing at one point.

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