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Adams County, Colorado

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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20historic places

—earliest paper

1902formed

519,572pop. 2020

11cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 20 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Westminster, Brighton, Northglenn.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

11 of 20 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

20 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams County Courthouse	Brighton	Building	2006
Bowles House	Westminster	Building	1988
Brannan Sand and Gravel Pit #8-Lake Sangraco Boathouse Complex	Denver	District	2011
Brighton High School	Brighton	Building	1998
Bromley Farm-Koizuma Hishinuma Farm	Brighton	District	2007
Colorado Sanitary Canning Factory	Brighton	Building	2016
Deza Estates	Northglenn	District	2023
Eastlake Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Company	Thornton	Structure	2010
Engelbrecht Farm	Strasburg	District	2014
Fuller, Granville, House	Aurora	Building	2012
Gregory, William J., House	Westminster	Building	1996
Harris Park School	Westminster	Building	1990
Metzger Farm	Westminster	District	2013
Riverside Cemetery	Denver	District	1994
Robidoux, M.J. Lavina, House	Aurora	Building	2011
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church	Northglenn	Building	2019
Thede Farmhouse	Northglenn	Building	1998
Union High School	Westminster	Building	2000
Westminster University	Westminster	Building	1979
Wilson, Blanche A., House	Aurora	Building	1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Adams was formed in 1902 (1902-11-15) from Arapahoe.

ADAMS created from ARAPAHOE. Act passed 15 Apr 1901; took effect 15 Nov 1902 following adoption of article XX of the Colorado Constitution in the Nov 1902 election.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Adams County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,892	14,430	22,481	40,234	120,296	245,944	363,857	519,572

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Black Cemetery	39.96635	-104.83656
Elmwood Cemetery	39.96443	-104.83136
Fairview Cemetery	39.98907	-104.77934
Highland Memorial Gardens	39.88193	-104.98359
Mount View Cemetery	39.76601	-104.41402
Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery	39.75189	-104.75719
Riverside Cemetery	39.7934	-104.9613
Rose Hill Cemetery	39.81111	-104.90919
Saint Clair Ross Cemetery	39.92112	-104.85513
Wesley Chapel Cemetery	39.91554	-104.99637
Woolsey Cemetery	39.85525	-104.05633

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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