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History · Blue Valley

Half of Blue Valley’s homes were built after 1990

Most of Blue Valley was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1957 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Blue Valley’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 Blue Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Blue Valley, in brief

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

Blue Valley is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population was 173 at the 2020 census. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Blue Valley has never had a post office, but the Idaho Springs post office (Zip Code 80452) serves the area.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Blue Valley on the map, 1957 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Blue Valley. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Blue Valley on the 1957 USGS mapBlue Valley on the 1974 USGS map1957Squaw Pass sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Blue Valley.

Famous people

Famous people close to Blue Valley

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

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Arthur HoytAmerican film actor · b. 1874
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Jake CanterAmerican snowboarder · b. 2003
Eric StoughAmerican animator and producer · b. 1972
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Jarret ThomasSnowboarder · b. 1981
Noah HoffmanAmerican cross-country skier · b. 1989
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Randy VanWarmerAmerican singer-songwriter and guitarist · b. 1955
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Old Soda Creek School Pegmatite Minemine

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

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.