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El Paso County, Colorado

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98historic places

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1861formed

730,395pop. 2020

44cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 98 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Calhan.

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

63 of 98 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

98 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alamo Hotel	Colorado Springs	Building	1977
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Passenger Depot	Colorado Springs	Building	1979
Barker House	Manitou Springs	Building	1979
Bemis Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	1997
Bemis, Judson Moss, House	Colorado Springs	Building	1979
Black Forest School	Colorado Springs	Building	1992
Black Squirrel Creek Bridge	Falcom	Structure	2002
Boulder Crescent Place Historic District	Colorado Springs	District	1987
Briarhurst	Manitou Springs	Building	1973
Bridge over Fountain Creek	Manitou Springs	Structure	1985
Burgess House	Colorado Springs	Building	1990
Calhan Paint Mines Archeological District	Calhan	District	2000
Calhan Rock Island Railroad Depot	Calhan	Building	1995
Carlton House	Colorado Springs	District	1989
Chadbourn Spanish Gospel Mission	Colorado Springs	Building	2009
Chambers Ranch	Colorado Springs	Building	1979
City Hall of Colorado City	Colorado Springs	Building	1982
Claremont	Colorado Springs	Building	1977
Cliff House	Manitou Springs	Building	1980
Colorado Springs Airport	Colorado Springs	District	1996
Colorado Springs City Auditorium	Colorado Springs	Building	1995
Colorado Springs City Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	2002
Colorado Springs Day Nursery	Colorado Springs	Building	1990
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center	Colorado Springs	Building	1986
Colorado Springs Public Library-Carnegie Building	Colorado Springs	Building	1996
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway-Corley Mountain Highway	Colorado Springs	District	1999
Cossitt, Frederick H., Memorial Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	1997
Cottonwood Creek Bridge	Colorado Springs	Structure	2001
Crystal Valley Cemetery	Manitou Springs	Site	1982
Cutler Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	1986
DeGraff Building	Colorado Springs	Building	1983
Dodge-Hamlin House	Colorado Springs	Building	2014
Drennan School	Colorado Springs	District	2008
Dutzi, Howard & Ruth, House	Colorado Springs	Building	2025
Eastholme	Cascade	Building	1998
Edgeplain	Colorado Springs	Building	2006
El Paso County Courthouse	Colorado Springs	Building	1972
El Pomar Estate	Colorado Springs	District	1995
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church	Colorado Springs	Building	1984
Evans, J.G., Barn	Black Forest	Building	2004
Evergreen Cemetery	Colorado Springs	Site	1993
First Congregational Church	Colorado Springs	Building	2002
First Congregational Church	Manitou Springs	Building	1979
First Presbyterian Church of Ramah	Ramah	Building	1988
Fort Collins Municipal Railway No. 22	Colorado Springs	Structure	2011
Giddings Building	Colorado Springs	Building	1983
Glen Eyrie	Colorado Springs	Building	1975
Glen Eyrie (Boundary Increase)	Colorado Springs	District	2016
Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church	Colorado Springs	Building	2011
Gwynne-Love House	Colorado Springs	Building	1987
Hagerman Mansion	Colorado Springs	Building	1984
Hill, Peggy, Cabin	Palmer Lake	Building	2025
Keithley Log Cabin Development District	Manitou Springs	District	1982
Lennox House	Colorado Springs	Building	1999
Lewis, Inez Johnson, School	Monument	Building	1988
Lindley-Johnson-Vanderhoof House	Colorado Springs	Building	2013
Little Fountain Creek Bridge	Widefield	Structure	2002
Manitou Bathhouse	Manitou Springs	Building	1979
Manitou Springs Bridges (2)	Manitou Springs	Structure	1985
Manitou Springs Historic District	Manitou Springs	District	1983
Maytag Aircraft Building	Colorado Springs	Building	2008
McAllister House	Colorado Springs	Building	1973
McGregor Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	2000
Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse	Colorado Springs	Building	1979
Miramont	Manitou Springs	Building	1977
Montgomery Hall, Colorado College	Colorado Springs	Building	1990
Monument Valley Park	Colorado Springs	District	2007
Moore, Dr. Isaac E. and Katherine C., House	Colorado Springs	Building	2025
Navajo Hogan	Colorado Springs	Building	1990
North Cheyenne Canon Park	Colorado Springs	District	2009
North End Historic District	Colorado Springs	District	1982
North Weber Street-Wahsatch Avenue Historic Residential District	Colorado Springs	District	1985
Old Colorado City Historic Commercial District	Colorado Springs	District	1982
Old Livery Stable	Fountain	Building	1979
Old North End Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Colorado Springs	District	2015
Palmer Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	1986
Pauline Chapel	Colorado Springs	Building	2001
People's Methodist Episcopal Church	Colorado Springs	Building	2014
Pikes Peak NHL	Colorado Springs	Site	1966
Pioneer Cabin	Colorado Springs	Building	1975
Plaza Hotel	Colorado Springs	Building	1983
Ponderosa Lodge (Additional Documentation)	Colorado Springs	Building	2008
Rice, Ida M., House	Colorado Springs	Building	2006
Second Midland School	Colorado Springs	Building	1980
Shove Memorial Chapel	Colorado Springs	Building	2005
Shrine of the Sun	Colorado Springs	District	1994
St. Mary's Catholic Church	Colorado Springs	Building	1982
Stockbridge House	Colorado Springs	Building	1980
Taylor Memorial Chapel	Colorado Springs	Building	1999
Ticknor Hall	Colorado Springs	Building	2000
US Post Office and Federal Courthouse-Colorado Springs Main	Colorado Springs	Building	1986
US Post Office-Manitou Springs Main	Mainitou Springs	Building	1986
United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area NHL	U.S. Air Force Academy	District	2004
Van Briggle Pottery Company	Colorado Springs	Building	2009
Wheeler Bank	Manitou Springs	Building	1980
Wilson, S.A., Elementary School	Colorado Springs	Building	2017
Wolfe, John, House	Colorado Springs	District	2013
Y.W.C.A.	Colorado Springs	Building	1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

El Paso was formed in 1861 (1861-11-01) from unknown / original county.

EL PASO created by Colorado Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

El Paso County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
987	7,949	31,602	44,027	54,025	74,523	143,742	309,424	516,929	730,395

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

44 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 44 of 44 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	38.78193	-104.22189
Bluff Cemetery	39.09971	-104.58492
Broadmoor Community Church Columbarium	38.79428	-104.83267
Calhan Memorial Cemetery	39.03335	-104.31318
Capps Cemetery	38.99027	-104.85748
Chapel of Our Saviour Columbarium	38.79607	-104.84366
Chico Basin Cemetery	38.62221	-104.4594
Crescent Cemetery	38.76689	-104.10999
Crystal Valley Cemetery	38.85204	-104.90379
Eastonville Cemetery	39.01567	-104.60637
Evergreen Cemetery	38.81687	-104.79841
Fairview Cemetery	38.84124	-104.87177
Fairview Cemetery	38.67196	-104.70647
First United Methodist Church Columbarium	38.84013	-104.82199
Flynn Cemetery	38.89614	-104.52409
Grace and Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church Columbarium	38.84332	-104.82232
Jackson Cemetery	38.78138	-104.87858
Leader Church Cemetery	38.54995	-104.1643
Lenard Cemetery	39.09	-104.30041
Liptrap Grave	39.12459	-104.07064
Lone Memorial	38.69422	-104.10908
Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum	38.82405	-104.75491
Mesa Cemetery	38.86527	-104.86025
Monument Cemetery	39.10113	-104.86712
Mount Saint Francis Cemetery	38.94745	-104.87045
Myers Cemetery	38.98943	-104.2619
National Slovak Society Cemetery	39.07026	-104.31662
Paupers Cemetery	38.82814	-104.85941
Paupers' Cemetery	38.66138	-104.8597
Peyton Cemetery	39.03397	-104.48848
Pioneer Park Memorial	38.86612	-104.85956
Ramah Cemetery	39.11754	-104.16313
Saint Benedict Cemetery	39.06194	-104.76331
Saint Lukes Cemetery	38.69416	-104.06384
Saint Mary's Cemetery	39.11832	-104.29301
Saint Matthias Cemetery	39.09749	-104.83026
Saint Michaels Cemetery	39.11812	-104.29226
Shrine of Remembrance Mausoleum	38.81632	-104.79418
Sons of Israel Cemetery	38.81415	-104.79968
Table Rock Cemetery	39.11824	-104.68545
The Church at the Woodmoor Columbarium	39.0953	-104.82769
United States Air Force Academy Cemetery	39.01557	-104.85486
Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun Cemetery	38.77239	-104.8626
Wilson Cemetery	38.58527	-104.64024

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Old Mountain View	38.83388	-104.99137

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

Historical markers

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