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History · Blue River

Half of Blue River’s homes were built after 1982

Most of Blue River was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1917 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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What stands out about Blue River’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewTen Mile Range and Blue River, Col: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Blue River came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Blue River.

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The Town of Blue River was incorporated in 1964. Blue River postal addresses are served by the Breckenridge, Colorado post office (ZIP code 80424).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Blue River, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s1 item
Ten Mile Range and Blue River, Col1917Ten Mile Range and Blue River, Col
1920s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 recent
Cars and cabin at 400 feet2021Cars and cabin at 400 feetBlue River, Colorado2020Blue River, Colorado
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Ten Mile Range and Blue River, Col
Retake this viewTen Mile Range and Blue River, Col, 1917

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Gold Nugget Placer Minemine

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Blue River’s history

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Sources

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), Wikipedia 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.