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Denver Downtown Denver LoDoQuick historyLoDo is short for Lower Downtown, a nickname coined for the area in the 1980s. This area is the historic site of Denver's first settlement along the river. Union StationQuick historyUnion Station got its name because it brought Denver's separate railroad depots together in one terminal. The first station opened in 1881, and the building reopened after a major renovation in 2014. BallparkAboutBallpark is a nickname for the area around Coors Field. It is not an official city neighborhood. Golden TriangleQuick historyThe Golden Triangle is named for the triangle its boundary streets form. It grew from an area of auto dealerships and garages into Denver's museum and arts district. Civic CenterQuick lookCivic Center is where state and city government come together. The Colorado State Capitol, which opened in 1894 and has a gold-leafed dome, sits at one end of the park’s axis, and the City and County Building, completed in 1932, sits at the other. The Ralph Carr Colorado Judicial Center, the Denver Central Library and the Denver Art Museum are close by. AurariaCommunity guideThe city's birthplace, now a three-college campus, Ball Arena and the stadium district between the creek and the river. Central Business DistrictCommunity guideThe office towers, the 16th Street Mall and a growing number of homes in converted and new high-rises.
Denver Northwest Denver HighlandsQuick historyHighlands is named for the high ground on the west side of the South Platte, which Denver founder William Larimer claimed in 1858. Its nickname LoHi (Lower Highlands) took off in the early 2000's. Sloan's LakeQuick historySloan's Lake is named for farmer Thomas Sloan, whose well supposedly flooded his land in the 1860's and created the lake. It is now Denver's second-largest park. BerkeleyQuick historyBerkeley began as farmland and became its own small town before Denver annexed it in 1902. The name is thought to come from developer John Brisben Walker's Berkeley Farms. Jefferson ParkQuick historyJefferson Park is named for a small park at West 23rd Avenue and Clay Street, said to honor Thomas Jefferson. The area was once part of the Town of Highlands, Denver's early suburb. SunnysideQuick historySunnyside is one of Denver's oldest areas, claimed in 1858 by Denver founder William Larimer. The Planning Commission later chose the name Sunnyside for the whole area, which welcomed Irish, Italian and Hispanic residents. RegisQuick historyRegis is named for Regis University, which honors St. John Francis Regis. The Jesuit school moved to this hilltop in the 1880's on land from developer John Brisben Walker. EdgewaterQuick historyEdgewater is named for its location at the edge of Sloan's Lake. The town incorporated in 1904 and covers less than a square mile. West ColfaxCommunity guideSloan's Lake's southern neighbor, remade by the W Line and the St. Anthony hospital redevelopment.
Denver Northeast Denver Capitol HillQuick historyCapitol Hill, commonly known as Cap Hill, is named for the Colorado State Capitol, built on land donated in the 1880's by Denver pioneer Henry Brown, a carpenter, architect and developer who also financed the Brown Palace Hotel. It began as a neighborhood of wealthy mansions on what was once dismissed as Brown's Bluff. Five PointsQuick historyFive Points is named for a five-way intersection of Welton Street, Washington Street, 27th Street and East 26th Avenue, shortened from a streetcar sign. It grew into the heart of Denver's African American community and its jazz scene. City ParkQuick historyCity Park was established in 1882 as Denver's largest urban park, laid out by engineer Henry Meryweather and modeled on the pastoral landscapes of Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture. It is home to the zoo and the museum. Cheesman ParkQuick historyCheesman Park began as Denver's city cemetery and was converted to a park after an 1890 act of Congress. It was renamed in 1910 for Denver business pioneer Walter Cheesman, whose family paid for the marble pavilion. Congress ParkQuick historyCongress Park is named for the park, which sits on the old Cemetery Hill and was created after Congress acted in 1890 to turn the city cemetery into parkland. The neighborhood name was adopted by city planners in the 1970's. HilltopQuick historyHilltop is named because it sits higher in elevation than the surrounding parts of the city. It was laid out in the 1880's and 1890's as two separate subdivisions on either side of a canal. Park HillQuick historyPark Hill's streets follow Denver's double alphabet, with two names for each letter: a place or person, then a tree or plant, as in Albion and Ash, Bellaire and Birch, and Dexter and Dahlia. Before homes arrived, the area held dairies and brickyards. Central ParkQuick historyCentral Park was built on the former Stapleton International Airport grounds and was long called Stapleton, after Benjamin Stapleton, a Denver police magistrate, postmaster, state auditor and mayor (1923 to 1931 and 1935 to 1947). Because of his documented Ku Klux Klan ties, it took the name Central Park in 2020 after a neighborhood vote. LowryQuick historyLowry is named for Second Lieutenant Francis Lowry, a Colorado aerial photographer killed in combat in France in 1918. The base grew on the site of a 1904 tuberculosis sanatorium. City Park West and UptownCommunity guideRestaurant Row on 17th Avenue, hospital campuses, and Victorian blocks between downtown and City Park. Cole and ClaytonCommunity guideBungalow blocks north of City Park between RiNo and Park Hill, with the A Line and a fast-changing York Street. DIA and Peña StationCommunity guideThe airport's 53 square miles, and the new neighborhoods growing along Peña Boulevard and the A Line at its edge. East ColfaxCommunity guideDenver's easternmost Colfax blocks: post-war homes, a global restaurant strip and some of the city's lowest prices. Globeville and Elyria-SwanseaCommunity guideThe old smelter and stockyard neighborhoods along the river, remade by the National Western Center and the new I-70. HaleCommunity guideThe 9th and Colorado district, Rose Medical Center and 1920s to 1950s homes between Congress Park and Montclair. Montbello and Green Valley RanchCommunity guideDenver's far northeast: 1970s ranches in Montbello, 1990s to new homes in Green Valley Ranch, and the airport next door. Montclair and MayfairCommunity guideTwo quiet east-side neighborhoods of brick Tudors and ranches between Colfax and Lowry, with a nineteenth-century town at their center. SkylandCommunity guideA small neighborhood of mid-century brick homes beside City Park Golf Course and the new Park Hill open space. WhittierCommunity guideBrick bungalows and Denver Squares on quiet streets between Five Points and City Park.
Denver Southwest Denver BakerQuick historyBaker was called the South Side or South Broadway until the 1970's, when it took the name of Baker Junior High, which honored educator James Hutchins Baker. Its roots go back to the first settlers along the South Platte. Lincoln ParkQuick historyLincoln Park was named by the city around 1890. During the Chicano movement residents chose the name La Alma, meaning soul, and it was officially added in 2013. ValverdeQuick historyValverde is Spanish for 'green valley.' It was incorporated as its own town in 1899, disincorporated in 1902 and annexed to Denver. Ruby HillQuick historyRuby Hill was named when early prospectors found red stones they thought were rubies. They turned out to be garnets, but the name stuck. WestwoodQuick historyWestwood grew up around Morrison Road, which was simply the road out to the town of Morrison. It started as a Depression-era shantytown and boomed during World War II before joining Denver in 1947. College View and South PlatteCommunity guideSmall homes on large lots along the river's west bank, where Denver meets Englewood and Sheridan. Fort LoganCommunity guideThe old Army post, the national cemetery, and the 1960s and 1970s neighborhoods built around them. Harvey Park and Bear ValleyCommunity guideMid-century modern ranches, two lakes and Bear Creek's trail in Denver's far southwest. Mar LeeCommunity guideBrick ranches on big lots between Westwood and Harvey Park, with Garfield Lake at the center. MarstonCommunity guideDenver's far southwest: 1970s and 1980s neighborhoods around Marston Lake with the foothills in view. Sun ValleyCommunity guideThe stadium's neighborhood on the river, being rebuilt block by block with new homes and a riverfront park.
Denver Southeast Denver Washington ParkQuick historyThe neighborhood takes its name from the park, simply known as Wash Park, which was laid out in the Victorian style by landscape architect Reinhard Schuetze and named in 1899 for the centennial of George Washington's death. Cherry CreekQuick historyThe neighborhood grew from the small farming town of Harman, which joined Denver in 1894 after the Panic of 1893. The Cherry Creek Shopping Center later rose here in the early 1950's. Country ClubQuick historyIn 1902 investors who reorganized the Overland Park Club into the Denver Country Club bought 120 acres along Cherry Creek and formed a realty company to develop homes to the north. Platt ParkQuick historyPlatt Park began as part of the town of South Denver, founded in 1881. After Denver annexed the town in 1894, the block around its mayor's mansion was later renamed Platt Park. HampdenQuick historyThe area's story starts in the 1860's with a homesteader who grew potatoes for gold rush miners. Denver took in the land in the 1960's and builders turned the farm ground into a suburb. Cory-MerrillCommunity guideA school-centered neighborhood of 1940s brick homes and new two-stories between Wash Park and Colorado Boulevard. GoldsmithCommunity guideBible Park, the Highline Canal and 1950s and 1960s ranches between Virginia Village and the Tech Center. Indian CreekCommunity guideA small neighborhood of 1970s and 1980s homes along Cherry Creek at the Aurora line. KennedyCommunity guideKennedy Golf Course, the Tech Center commute and 1960s to 1980s homes at the city's southeast edge. OverlandCommunity guideOverland Park's golf course, the river trail and workers' cottages along South Broadway's southern end. RosedaleCommunity guideHarvard Gulch Park, the Rosedale Community Garden and bungalows just south of Platt Park. UniversityCommunity guideThe west side of the University of Denver campus, with bungalows, student housing and the light rail station. University HillsCommunity guide1950s ranches along the Highline Canal, the Eisenhower pool and the Colorado light rail station. University Park and Observatory ParkCommunity guideThe University of Denver campus, the Chamberlin Observatory, and large new homes on quiet streets. Virginia VillageCommunity guideMid-century ranches on curving streets, Cherry Creek's trail and some of the best value in central-southeast Denver. Washington Virginia ValeCommunity guideFour Mile Historic Park, Cherry Creek's banks and 1950s ranches between Glendale and Lowry. WellshireCommunity guideLarge lots and large rebuilds beside the Wellshire golf course, on the Cherry Hills side of the city line. West Washington Park and SpeerCommunity guideThe west side of the park and the blocks up to Speer Boulevard: bungalows, Victorians, South Broadway and the creek trail. WindsorCommunity guideWindsor Gardens, Denver's largest 55-plus community, and the 1960s neighborhoods along the Highline Canal.
South Metro South Central EnglewoodQuick historyEnglewood grew from the gold rush era, when an Irish immigrant claimed a homestead, and its name means a wooded nook, for the trees along the river. SheridanQuick historySheridan began as Petersburg, a town Swedish farmer Peter Magnes laid out in 1865. It was renamed Sheridan in 1887 for General Philip Sheridan, a Union cavalry commander whose leadership in the last year of the Civil War helped defeat the Confederate army. GlendaleQuick historyThe name Glendale first appeared with the Glendale Grange in 1896 and spread after a farmer named his dairy the Glendale Farm Dairy in 1902. LittletonQuick historyLittleton is named for Richard Little, an engineer who settled here in 1862. The Littles and neighbors built the Rough and Ready Flour Mill in 1867, and the town was platted in 1872. Bow MarQuick historyThe name Bow Mar blends Bowles Lake and Marston Lake, named for pioneering local farmers Joseph Bowles and John Marston. The first home went up in 1947, on land developed by Lloyd and Eleanor King; Lloyd King founded King Soopers. Columbine ValleyQuick historyColumbine Valley began in 1955 as the Columbine Country Club, built by 17 founding members on a 295-acre farm west of Littleton. The town incorporated in 1959. Ken CarylQuick historyKen Caryl takes its name from the ranch that John C. Shaffer, then owner of the Rocky Mountain News, bought in 1914 and named for his sons Kent and Carroll. He built the Manor House but lost the ranch to the banks during the Great Depression. ColumbineQuick historyAn unincorporated community of 1960s and 1970s subdivisions between Littleton and Ken Caryl, home to Columbine High School, Clement Park and the Columbine Memorial, and the Southwest Plaza shopping district. Dakota RidgeQuick historyNamed for the hogback it sits against, a community of 1980s to 2000s neighborhoods along C-470 between Morrison and Ken Caryl, with Bear Creek Lake Park to the north and Dinosaur Ridge at its edge.
South Metro Southeast Metro Greenwood VillageQuick historyNamed for the old Greenwood Ranch, with its string of reservoirs. Residents who wanted to keep the area's country feel voted to incorporate in 1950, and the Denver Tech Center later brought rapid growth. Cherry Hills VillageQuick historyResidents incorporated in 1945 after Denver's parks manager floated a small-plane airport nearby. The name is said to come from a grove of cherry trees near the original town site. CentennialQuick historyFor years this was unincorporated Arapahoe County. Residents voted to form a city in 2000, and it began in 2001. The name nods to Colorado's 1876 statehood, the nation's centennial year. FoxfieldQuick historyRay Carr, a member of the 1993 incorporation committee, suggested the name Foxfield, after an English village where his in-laws lived. Neighbors worried about zoning voted to incorporate in 1994.
Douglas and Elbert Counties Douglas and Elbert Counties Highlands RanchQuick historyOnce ranch country, the land was bought in the late 1970's by the Mission Viejo Company, which built a master-planned community. The first families moved in during 1981. Lone TreeQuick historyAustrian brothers homesteaded the Schweiger Ranch here in 1874. The modern city began in 1982 with a subdivision of nine households and incorporated in 1995. Castle PinesQuick historyBefore 2006 this was ranch and farmland that grew into unincorporated Douglas County neighborhoods. Residents formed a committee in 2006 and incorporated in 2007 as Castle Pines North. Voters shortened the name to Castle Pines in 2010. ParkerQuick historyA one-room 1864 way station grew into the Twenty Mile House, named for its distance from Denver. James S. Parker bought it in 1870, and the town took his name. Castle RockQuick historyNamed for the castle-shaped butte near the center of town. Jeremiah Gould donated land in 1874, and the town became the Douglas County seat. SedaliaQuick historyBegan in 1859 as John Craig's Round Corral at the meeting of East and West Plum creeks. The railroad called it Plum, while the post office, named by Henry Clay for his Missouri hometown, said Sedalia. Roxborough ParkQuick historyHenry Persse bought the land in 1889, first called it Washington Park for a rock that looks like George Washington in profile, then renamed it for his family's estate in County Galway, Ireland. Sterling RanchQuick historyA master-planned community south of Chatfield State Park that broke ground in 2015 and is planned for about 12,000 homes, built around water conservation, fiber internet and the trails of Waterton Canyon. LouviersQuick historyA company town built by DuPont in 1908 for the workers at its dynamite plant on the South Platte, now a small historic village of a few hundred people along Santa Fe Drive between Sedalia and Chatfield. Castle Pines VillageQuick historyA gated community of custom homes among the pines west of I-25, founded in 1981 around the Castle Pines Golf Club, which hosted the PGA Tour's International tournament for twenty years. Elizabeth and Elbert CountyCommunity guideAcreage, pines and quiet, forty minutes from the Tech Center.
East Metro East Metro AuroraQuick historyAurora began in the 1890's as Fletcher, a real estate venture east of Denver. Residents renamed the struggling town Aurora in 1907, after one of the subdivisions that made it up. Original Aurora and the Anschutz CampusCommunity guideAurora's historic core along Colfax, the Stanley Marketplace, and the medical campus that employs 25,000 people. Southeast AuroraCommunity guideSouthlands, the Cherry Creek schools and the newest neighborhoods on the metro's eastern prairie.
North Metro North Metro ArvadaQuick historyArvada grew from a homestead Benjamin Wadsworth claimed in 1860 and a townsite he platted along the Colorado Central Railroad in 1870. It was named for Hiram Arvada Haskin, brother-in-law of Wadsworth's wife, Mary, and later became the Celery Capital of the World. Its historic Olde Town grew up along the railroad. WestminsterQuick historyWestminster began as DeSpain Junction, then Harris, and took its present name from Westminster University of Colorado, the self-styled Princeton of the West. BroomfieldQuick historyBroomfield's name may come from broomcorn, grown for brooms, or from Zang's Spur, a rail spur serving the grain fields of Denver brewer Adolph Zang. In 2001 it became Colorado's 64th county. ThorntonQuick historyThornton began in 1953 as a planned community on farmland, the first fully planned community in Adams County. It was named for Colorado Governor Dan Thornton. NorthglennQuick historyNorthglenn began in 1959 as North Glenn, a 280-acre pre-planned subdivision built north of Denver by Perl-Mack, the development company led by Jordon Perlmutter. It incorporated as a city in 1969. Federal HeightsQuick historyFederal Heights took its name from its location on Federal Boulevard. It incorporated in 1940 and has stayed compact ever since. Firestone and Barefoot LakesCommunity guideA former coal town turned lake community, between I-25 and the St. Vrain, with Longmont and Boulder close by.
Northeast Metro Northeast Metro Commerce CityQuick historyCommerce City grew from several small settlements, including Derby, Irondale and Adams City. Residents voted to incorporate as Commerce Town in 1952, and it became Commerce City after annexing part of Derby. BrightonQuick historyBrighton began as Hughes Station, a Denver Pacific Railway depot. The first plat was filed in 1881 and the town was renamed Brighton, though the real origin of the name is a little mysterious.
Northwest Metro Northwest Corridor BoulderQuick historyBoulder began in 1858 when gold prospectors arrived at Boulder Canyon. The settlement was called Boulder City for the many boulders in nearby streams. SuperiorQuick historySuperior began with coal. William Hake homesteaded here and found coal on his land in 1864, and the town was named for the superior quality of the coal. LouisvilleQuick historyLouis Nawatny platted the town in 1878 and named it after himself. Coal came first: the Welch Mine, the first coal mine in the Northern Coalfield, opened in 1877, a dozen mines ran at once at the peak, and Italian families became a big part of town life. LafayetteQuick historyMary Miller, a widow, laid out Lafayette in 1888 and named it for her late husband, Lafayette Miller. She went on to start the Lafayette Bank, and coal mining drew miners from England, Wales, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Greece and Japan. ErieCommunity guideA former coal town between Lafayette and I-25 that became one of the fastest-growing suburbs on the Front Range. LongmontCommunity guideBoulder County's largest city after Boulder, with a historic Main Street, Longs Peak on the horizon and prices Boulder left behind.
West Metro West Metro and Foothills LakewoodQuick historyStarted in 1889 as a platted commuter suburb along Colfax Avenue, named for Schuyler Colfax, a vice president under Ulysses S. Grant. Incorporated in 1969 as Jefferson City, and residents quickly voted to rename it Lakewood. Wheat RidgeQuick historyBegan as a gold rush rest stop, named for the golden wheat ridges seen along the trail. Later a farming area famous for carnations; incorporated in 1969. GoldenQuick historyFounded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak gold rush at the mouth of Clear Creek. It served as capital of Colorado Territory until 1867, and Coors began brewing here in 1873. MorrisonQuick historyNamed for George Morrison, a Canadian-born stonemason who opened quarries and platted the town in 1874. Its red sandstone went into Denver buildings. BelmarCommunity guideLakewood's downtown, built on a mall site in the 2000s, with Belmar Park's lake and the 1950s neighborhoods around it. EdgewaterCommunity guideA one-square-mile city on the west shore of Sloan's Lake, with a food hall and the 25th Avenue strip. Green MountainCommunity guideWest Lakewood's 1960s to 1980s neighborhoods on the slopes of a 2,400-acre park, with the mountains at the doorstep.
Mountain Communities Mountain Communities EvergreenQuick historyNamed for the evergreen trees around it and first settled in 1859. Evergreen Lake was created by damming Bear Creek in the 1920's. Indian HillsQuick historySettled by John Parmalee in 1860 and once called Parmalee Gulch. George Olinger of Olinger Mortuaries developed it in the 1920's and named it Indian Hills. ConiferQuick historySettled in the 1860's. Its name may come from a tavern owner named George Conifer or from the conifer trees near the original townsite.
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