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Jefferson County, Colorado

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90historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

582,910pop. 2020

26cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 90 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Golden, Morrison, Lakewood.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Colorado is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jefferson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

39 of 90 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

90 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ammunition Igloo	Golden	Structure	1993
Arvada Downtown	Arvada	District	1998
Arvada Flour Mill	Arvada	Building	1975
Astor House Hotel	Golden	Building	1973
Barnes-Peery House	Golden	Building	2001
Baugh, James H., House	Wheat Ridge	District	2012
Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive	Morrison	District	1990
Bergen Park	Evergreen	District	1990
Blue Jay Inn	Buffalo Creek	Building	1974
Bradford House II	Littleton	Site	2001
Bradford House III Archeological Site	Morrison	Site	1980
Bradford, Robert Boyles, Property	Morrison	Site	2015
Brook Forest Inn	Evergreen	Building	2009
Building 710, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Region 6 Operations Center	Lakewood	Building	2000
Calvary Episcopal Church	Golden	Building	1995
Camp George West Historic District	Golden	District	1993
Churches Ranch	Arvada	District	1998
Colorado Amphitheater	Golden	Structure	1993
Colorado National Guard Armory	Golden	Building	1978
Colorow Point Park	Golden	District	1990
Conifer Junction Schoolhouse	Conifer	Building	2014
Coors, Herman, House	Golden	Building	1997
Corwina Park, O'Fallon Park, Pence Park	Evergreen	District	1990
Craig, Katherine, Park	Morrison	District	1995
Crown Hill Burial Park	Wheat Ridge	District	2008
Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner	Lakewood	Building	1997
Deaton Sculptured House	Golden	Building	2004
Dedisse Park	Evergreen	District	1990
Denver and Intermountain Railroad Interurban No. 25	Lakewood	Structure	2012
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Caboose No. 0578	Golden	Structure	2003
District No. 17 School-Medlen School	Morrison	Building	2015
Evergreen Conference District	Evergreen	District	1979
Everhardt Ranch	Evergreen	Building	1980
Fillius Park	Evergreen	District	1995
First Presbyterian Church of Golden-Unger House	Golden	District	1991
Fort, The	Morrison	Building	2006
Fort, The (Boundary Increase)	Morrison	Building	2020
Fruitdale Grade School	Wheat Ridge	Building	2013
Genesee Park	Golden	District	1990
Golden Cemetery	Golden	Building	2012
Golden High School	Golden	Building	1997
Green Mercantile Store	Buffalo Creek	Building	1974
Green Mountain Ranch	Buffalo Creek	Building	1974
Hildebrande Ranch	Littleton	Building	1975
Hill Section, Golden Hill Cemetery	Lakewood	Site	1995
Hiwan Homestead	Evergreen	Building	1974
Humphrey House	Evergreen	Building	1974
Jewish Consuptives' Relief Society	Lakewood	District	1980
La Hacienda	Buffalo Creek	Building	1973
Lariat Trail Scenic Mountain Drive	Golden	District	1990
Little Park	Idledale	District	1995
LoDaisKa Site	Morrison	Site	2003
Lookout Mountain Park	Golden	District	1990
Lorraine Lodge	Golden	Building	1984
Loveland Building and Coors Building	Golden	Building	1996
Magic Mountain Site	Golden	Site	1980
Midway House	Conifer	District	1990
Morrison Historic District	Morrison	District	1976
Morrison Schoolhouse	Morrison	Building	1974
Mount Vernon House	Golden	Building	1970
North Fork Historic District	Pine and South Platte	District	1974
North Fork Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Pine and South Platte	District	2008
Office of Civil Defense Emergency Operations Center	Lakewood	Building	1999
Peterson House	Lakewood	Building	1981
Pioneer Sod House	Wheat Ridge	Building	1973
Quaintance Block	Golden	Building	1994
Queen of Heaven Orphanage Summer Camp	Golden	District	2000
Red Rocks Park District	Morrison	District	1990
Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison Civilian Conservation Corps Camp NHL	Morrison		2015
Reno Park Addition Historic District	Arvada	District	1999
Richards Mansion	Wheat Ridge	Building	1977
Rio Grande Southern Railroad Engine No. 20	Golden	Structure	2000
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 2	Golden	Structure	1997
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 6	Golden	Structure	1997
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Motor No. 7	Golden	Structure	1997
Rockland Community Church and Cemetery	Golden	Building	2009
Rocky Flats Plant	Golden	District	1997
Romano, Samuel and Albina, House	Golden	Building	2016
Rooney Ranch	Golden	Building	1975
Russell-Graves House	Arvada	Building	1983
Schnell Farm	Lakewood	District	1997
Shaffer, John C., Barn	Littleton	Building	2019
South Ranch	Lakewood	District	2003
Starbuck Park	Idledale	District	1995
Staunton Ranch Rural Historic Landscape	Pine	District	2012
Stocke-Walter Addition Historic District	Arvada	District	1999
Stone House	Lakewood	Building	1975
Thiede Ranch	Golden	Building	1996
Tower of Memories	Denver	Building	1987
Twelfth Street Historic Residential District	Golden	District	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

JEFFERSON created by Colorado Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,390	6,804	9,306	14,400	30,725	55,687	127,520	371,753	527,056	582,910

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

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

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arvada Cemetery	39.79695	-105.10949
Atonement Lutheran Church Columbarium	39.66804	-105.06571
Ault Cemetery	39.5592	-105.22747
Buffalo Creek Cemetery	39.39108	-105.2756
Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery	39.6357	-105.31482
Conifer Cemetery	39.51726	-105.30415
Evergreen Cemetery	39.63999	-105.33416
Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery	39.58582	-105.30638
Golden Cemetery	39.72806	-105.19611
Golden Hill Cemetery	39.73878	-105.13562
Lehow Cemetery	39.49697	-105.09426
Morrison Cemetery	39.65972	-105.19806
Mount Olivet Cemetery	39.78203	-105.14492
Mount Vernon Cemetery	39.69096	-105.20899
Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary and Cemetery	39.75831	-105.08693
Olinger Mount Lindo Cemetery	39.61188	-105.21914
Pine Cemetery	39.40938	-105.32118
Pine Gulch Cemetery	39.46099	-105.39747
Pleasant Park Cemetery	39.51888	-105.26916
Ralston Cemetery	39.80888	-105.16082
Rockland Cemetery	39.70971	-105.27277
Saint Joseph Episcopal Church Columbarium	39.68117	-105.12399
Saint Paul's Episcopal Columbarium	39.73267	-105.10066
Wamblee Valley Memorial Park	39.46162	-105.32659
White Ash Mine Cemetery	39.75194	-105.22722
William F Cody Grave	39.73257	-105.23825

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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