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History · Cattle Creek

Half of Cattle Creek’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Cattle Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1961 on.

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Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0

What stands out about Cattle Creek’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 Cattle Creek are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cattle Creek’s history is told.

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The story so far

Cattle Creek, in brief

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

Cattle Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in southeastern Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Rifle, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Cattle Creek CDP was 662 at the United States Census 2020. The Glenwood Springs post office (Zip Code 81601) serves the area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 641 to 662 (+3%).

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

By decade

Cattle Creek, decade by decade

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On the map

Cattle Creek on the map, 1961 to 1982

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

Cattle Creek on the 1961 USGS mapCattle Creek on the 1982 USGS map1961Cattle Creek 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 Cattle Creek.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cattle Creek

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

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Gabe NewellAmerican computer programmer and businessman · b. 1962
Alex FerreiraAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1994
David L. Bernhardt53rd United States Secretary of the Interior · b. 1969
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Alexi GrewalRacing cyclist · b. 1960
Jeremy AbbottAmerican figure skater · b. 1985
Sarah SchleperAmerican-Mexican alpine skier · b. 1979

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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 (2), 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.