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Larimer County, Colorado

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

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114historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

359,066pop. 2020

94cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 114 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Estes Park, Fort Collins, Loveland.

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 Larimer titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

46 of 114 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

114 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ammons Hall	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Anderson, Peter, House	Fort Collins	Building	1979
Armstrong Hotel	Fort Collins	Building	2000
Arrowhead Lodge	Bellvue	District	1992
Avery House	Fort Collins	Building	1972
Baker House	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Baldpate Inn	Estes Park	District	1996
Bear Lake Comfort Station	Estes Park	Building	1988
Bee Farm	Fort Collins	District	2002
Benson, A.S., House	Loveland	Building	2004
Big Thompson River Bridge III	Loveland	Structure	2002
Big Thompson River Bridge IV	Loveland	Structure	2002
Bimson Blacksmith Shop	Berthoud	Building	1981
Bingham Homestead Rural Historic Landscape	Bellvue	District	2013
Borland, Maude Stanfield Harter, House	Loveland	Building	2004
Botanical and Horticultural Laboratory	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Bouton, Jay H., House	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Buckeye School	Wellington	Building	2008
Buckhorn Ranger Station Historic District	Bellvue	District	2022
Cascade Cottages	Estes Park	District	2020
Chasteen's Grove	Loveland	Building	1978
Clatworthy Place	Estes Park	Building	2004
Colorado and Southern Railway Depot	Loveland	Building	1982
Crags Lodge	Estes Park	Building	1998
Downtown Loveland Historic District	Loveland	District	2015
Dunraven Cottage-Camp Dunraven	Estes Park	Building	2019
East Longs Peak Trail-Longs Peak Trail-Keyhole Route-Shelf Trail	Allenspark	Structure	2007
Edgemont	Estes Park	Building	1998
Elkhorn Lodge	Estes Park	District	1978
Fall River Entrance Historic District	Estes Park	District	1988
Fall River Entrance Historic District (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)	Estes Park	District	2018
Fall River Pass Historic District	Estes Park	District	2021
Fall River Pass Ranger Station	Estes Park	Building	1988
Fall River Pump House and Catchment Basin	Estes Park	Building	2006
Fall River Road	Estes Park	Structure	1987
Fall River Road (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)	Estes Park	Structure	2018
Fawn Hollow Store	Loveland	Building	2026
Fern Lake Trail	Estes Park	Structure	2005
First National Bank Building	Wellington	Building	2000
First United Presbyterian Church	Loveland	Building	2004
Flattop Mountain Trail	Estes Park	Structure	2007
Flowers, Jacob and Elizabeth, House	Bellvue	Building	2007
Fort Collins Armory	Fort Collins	Building	2002
Fort Collins Municipal Railway Birney Safety Streetcar No. 21	Fort Collins	Structure	1984
Fort Collins Post Office	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Fuller, Montezuma, House	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Gem Lake Trail	Estes Park	Structure	2008
Glacier Basin Campground Ranger Station	Estes Park	Building	1987
Graves Camp Rural Historic District	Wellington	Site	2016
Great Western Sugar Company Effluent Flume and Bridge	Fort Collins	Structure	2014
Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad-Stout Branch	Laporte	District	2008
Harmony Mill	Fort Collins	Building	1995
Hewes-Kirkwood Inn	Estes Park	District	1994
Hollemon-Smith Homestead and Ranch	Bellvue	District	2023
Homestead Meadows Discontiguous District	Estes Park	District	1990
Kaplan-Hoover Site	Windsor	Site	2003
Kelley House	Loveland	Building	2019
Kissock Block Building	Fort Collins	Building	1985
Lake Haiyaha Trail	Estes Park	Structure	2008
Laurel School Historic District	Fort Collins	District	1980
Leiffer House	Estes Park	Building	1978
Lindenmeier Site NHL	Fort Collins	Site	1966
Livermore Hotel and General Store	Livermore	Building	2001
Lost Lake Trail	Estes Park	Structure	2008
Loveland State Amory	Loveland	Building	2001
MacGregor Ranch	Estes Park	District	1989
Maxwell, R. G., House	Fort Collins	Building	1980
McCreery, William H., House	Loveland	Building	2001
McGraw Ranch	Estes Park	District	1998
McHugh-Andrews House	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Mills, Enos, Homestead Cabin	Estes Park	Building	1973
Milner-Schwarz House	Loveland	Building	2014
Moraine Lodge	Estes Park	Building	1976
Moraine Park Museum and Amphitheater	Estes Park	District	2005
Mosman House	Fort Collins	Building	1978
Mountainside Lodge	Estes Park	Building	2000
North Inlet Trail	Grand Lake	Structure	2008
Old Town Fort Collins	Fort Collins	District	1978
Opera House Block/Central Block Building	Fort Collins	Building	1985
Park Theatre	Estes Park	Building	1984
Patterson House	Fort Collins	Building	2019
Peep O Day Park	Loveland	District	2011
Pleasant Valley School	Bellvue	Building	2003
Plummer School	Fort Collins	Building	1999
Preston Farm	Fort Collins	District	2001
Provost Homestead-Herring Farm Rural Historic Landscape	LaPorte	District	2010
Redfeather Ranger Station	Red Feather Lakes	District	2023
Rialto Theater	Loveland	Building	1988
Robertson, T. H., House	Fort Collins	Building	1992
Rocky Mountain National Park Administration Building NHL	Estes Park	Building	2001
Rocky Mountain National Park Utility Area Historic District	Estes Park	District	1982
Schlichter, E.A., House	Fort Collins	Building	2016
Scott Apartments and Garage, The	Fort Collins	Building	2022
Shaffer, Henry K. and Mary E., House	Loveland	Building	2007
Snogo Snow Plow	Estes Park	Structure	2006
Solomon Batterson Ranch (Rural Historic Landscape)	Livermore	District	2010
Spruce Hall	Fort Collins	Building	1977
Stanley Hotel	Estes Park	Building	1977
Stanley Hotel District	Estes Park	District	1985
Stanley Hotel District (Stanley Power Plant Boundary Increase)	Estes Park	District	1998
Swanson, Gustav and Annie, Farm	Bethoud	Building	2005
Trail Ridge Road	Estes Park	Structure	1984
Truscott Junior High School	Loveland	Building	2017
Twin Sisters Lookout	Estes Park	Building	1992
Vaille, Agnes, Shelter	Estes Park	Building	1992
Vincent-Hatchette Cabin	Estes Park	Building	2022
Virginia Dale Stage Station	Virginia Dale	Building	1985
Waycott, Ernest, House	Fort Collins	Building	1993
White, William Allen, Cabins	Estes Park	District	1973
Willard, Beatrice, Alpine Tundra Research Plots	Estes Park	District	2007
Willow Park Patrol Cabin	Estes Park	Building	1987
Willow Park Stable	Estes Park	Building	1987
Wind Ridge	Estes Park	Building	2002
Ypsilon Lake Trail	Estes Park	Structure	2008

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

LARIMER created by Colorado Territory from non-county area. LARIMER's western boundary (described as "the summit of the snowy range") was open to different interpretations. In 1886, the Colorado Sup. Ct. ruled the boundary ran on Continental Divide.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
838	4,892	12,168	27,872	35,539	43,554	53,343	149,184	251,494	359,066

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Rocky Mountain National Park	Park unit	36.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 94 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbey of Saint Walburga Cemetery	40.94254	-105.36906
Adams Cemetery	40.73164	-105.38053
All Saints Episcopal Church Columbarium	40.42664	-105.09636
Aspenglen Campground Cemetery	40.40026	-105.59194
Azuba Batterson Grave	40.73844	-105.4085
Bania Family Cemetery	40.63636	-105.30831
Bardwell Family Cemetery	40.57109	-105.21636
Black Mountain Ranch Cemetery	40.84803	-105.63776
Boothroyd - Hutchinson Cemetery	40.4198	-105.2091
Boyd Family Cemetery	40.9536	-105.36276
Buckeye Ranch Cemetery	40.83692	-105.08497
Cabin Creek Grave	40.75469	-105.89028
Campbell Cemetery	40.7022	-105.71972
Carter Family Cemetery	40.45387	-105.20609
Chance Family Cemetery	40.46053	-105.20859
Charles C Green Grave	40.60096	-105.36567
Charles D Miller Grave	40.45942	-105.41693
Charles E Williams Grave	40.71497	-105.73999
Charlie Stevens Grave	40.30165	-105.23971
Cherokee Stage Station Cemetery	40.86136	-105.25719
Christopher Charles Cradock Grave	40.82386	-105.28053
Cleave - Griffith Cemetery	40.36026	-105.55443
Community Church of the Rockies Columbarium	40.36736	-105.4937
Doctor Thornton R Sampson Grave	40.35471	-105.63223
Eddie Hale Grave	40.75247	-105.18691
Eden Valley Resthaven Cemetery	40.46081	-105.23081
Edward Halliday Grave	40.74886	-105.50943
Edwin Bradt Grave	40.34137	-105.58888
Elkhorn Lodge Cemetery	40.37831	-105.53443
Elliott Ranch Cemetery	40.82692	-105.36442
Estes Valley Memorial Gardens	40.39803	-105.58138
Fairkytes Cemetery	40.69414	-105.60832
Forrester Cemetery	40.94219	-105.97972
Grandview Cemetery	40.58707	-105.11222
Great Stupa Cemetery	40.72747	-105.5411
Greenlawn Cemetery	40.30637	-105.05608
Harmony Cemetery	40.52299	-105.04941
Harris Wellcome Grave	40.33414	-105.56138
Herbert Richards Grave	40.32387	-105.60666
Highland Cemetery	40.71799	-104.99177
Hupp Family Cemetery	40.37192	-105.59471
J P Chitwood Grave	40.30554	-105.69084
Jewett Family Cemetery	40.81081	-105.50859
Kinnison Family Cemetery	40.54914	-105.1972
Kitty Lyon Grave	40.62748	-105.4522
Lakeside Cemetery	40.41192	-105.07164
Lamb Family Cemetery	40.78359	-105.25358
Langston Family Cemetery	40.40443	-105.14776
Laporte Cemetery	40.61957	-105.14432
Lass Family Cemetery	40.606	-105.32081
Levi Yockey Grave	40.78914	-105.57749
Livermore Cemetery	40.81831	-105.26108
Lory State Park Cemetery	40.57381	-105.20974
Louis R Levings Grave	40.4547	-105.6736
Loveland Burial Park	40.41275	-105.07525
MacGregor Ranch Cemetery	40.39541	-105.52166
Manhattan Cemetery	40.73442	-105.59193
Martin Family Cemetery	40.55387	-105.30914
Masonville Cemetery	40.4547	-105.19803
Modena Cemetery	40.39974	-105.12309
Mosier Ranch Cemetery	40.84247	-105.95306
Murchland Family Cemetery	40.97582	-105.31304
Overland Trail Stage Station Cemetery	40.97202	-105.36575
Patterson Grave	40.55025	-105.21803
Pickens' Point Memorials	40.72164	-105.58943
Pingree Park Cemetery	40.56661	-105.59592
Pittington Family Cemetery	40.59036	-105.2758
Poudre Canyon Chapel Columbarium	40.69803	-105.62332
Ralph Darby Grave	40.5597	-105.29359
Ransom S Kendall Grave	40.37303	-105.6011
Resthaven Memorial Gardens	40.4672	-105.07608
Reu Family Cemetery	40.68693	-105.1072
Rhodes Family Cemetery	40.48362	-105.21061
Robert Wiliamson Grave	40.95247	-106.05778
Robinson Ranch Cemetery	40.74414	-105.56776
Roselawn Cemetery	40.58302	-105.02546
Roy Sweetland Grave	40.93747	-105.87166
Saint Bartholomew Episcopal Church Cemetery	40.38692	-105.52249
Saint Francis of Assisi Anglican Church Cemetery	40.32637	-105.50249
Stoney Park Cemetery	40.62859	-105.32248

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Manhattan	40.7322	-105.6

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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