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History · Aspen Park

1 of Aspen Park’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Conifer Junction Schoolhouse. Most of Aspen Park was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Aspen Park’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Aspen Park are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Aspen Park, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aspen Park yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Aspen Park is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Aspen Park CDP was 810 at the United States Census 2020. The Aspen Park Metropolitan District provides services. The Conifer post office (ZIP Code 80433) serves the area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 882 to 810 (-8%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Aspen Park, 1894 to 1961

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Conifer post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923BuiltConifer Junction Schoolhouse is built
  5. 1929Post officeThe Conifer post office closes
  6. 1961Post officeThe Conifer post office opens
By decade

Aspen Park, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Aspen Park

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2014
Conifer Junction Schoolhouse
Conifer Junction Schoolhouse, built 1923
Buildings
Conifer Junction SchoolhouseBuilt 1923

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Aspen Park

Nobody well known was born in Aspen Park itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ross LynchAmerican actor and singer · b. 1995
Chris BroderickAmerican guitarist · b. 1970
Dave GrusinAmerican composer, arranger, producer, and pian… · b. 1934
Mallory SwansonAmerican soccer player · b. 1998
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Ethan HorvathAmerican soccer player · b. 1995
Gregg HenryAmerican actor · b. 1952
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Conifer, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Conifer
1894–1929
Conifer
1961–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Aspen Park’s history

What is on the National Register in Aspen Park?

One place: the Conifer Junction Schoolhouse (listed 2014).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.