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Washington County, Colorado

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4historic places

—earliest paper

1887formed

4,817pop. 2020

18cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 2002. Most listings are in or near Last Chance, Akron, Cope.

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 Washington titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Akron Gymnasium	Akron	Building	2008
Farmers State Bank of Cope	Cope	Building	2017
Plum Bush Creek Bridge	Last Chance	Structure	2002
West Plum Bush Creek Bridge	Last Chance	Structure	2002

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Washington was formed in 1887 (1887-02-09) from Weld.

WASHINGTON created from WELD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Washington County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,301	1,241	11,208	8,336	7,520	6,625	5,304	4,926	4,817

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

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

Cemeteries — 18 of 18 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbott Cemetery	39.84728	-103.41842
Akron Cemetery	40.16083	-103.22999
Burdett Cemetery	40.36583	-102.96138
Cope Community Cemetery	39.65583	-102.85193
Curtis Cemetery	40.26573	-103.062
Elba Cemetery	39.91498	-103.31938
Gebaurer Family Cemetery	40.07027	-103.33805
Glen Cemetery	39.58748	-103.42604
Grave of Susanna Alderdice	40.43444	-103.13332
Hope Cemetery	40.26692	-102.96659
Hyde Cemetery	40.14805	-102.82303
Lee Cemetery	39.8811	-103.08666
Lindon Cemetery	39.72564	-103.40579
Otis Cemetery	40.13555	-102.9636
Saint Joseph's Cemetery	40.16131	-103.19093
Summit Springs Battlefield Cemetery	40.4336	-103.13999
Swan Cemetery	39.8711	-103.63971
Thurman Cemetery	39.6097	-103.2166

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
De Nova	39.85889	-102.97327

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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