Cherry Hills Village was first counted by the census in 1950, and 5 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 26% of U.S. towns · #79 of 159 in Colorado. What drives it
Most of Cherry Hills Village was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. 5 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 7 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1940 on, and the census since 1950.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Cherry Hills Village is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #79 of 159 in Colorado. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Cherry Hills Village’s overall grade.
Few Colorado towns list much on the Register (a typical Colorado town has 1.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Cherry Hills Village’s 17.3 sits above most of its state (77% of Colorado towns have fewer) while its 11 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: the first census (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Cherry Hills Village’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The Town of Cherry Hills Village was incorporated on July 19, 1945. The community was named for a grove of cherry trees near the original town site. On April 16, 2019, the city council voted to rename the 111-year old Swastika Acres subdivision (a common Southwestern and Native American symbol at the time which also pre-dated Nazi usage) as "Old Cherry Hills".
Cherry Hills Country Club has hosted three U.S. Opens (1938, 1960, 1978), two PGA Championships (1941, 1985), one U.S. Women's Open (2005), and three U.S. Amateurs (1990, 2012, 2023).
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.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cherry Hills Village. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1940Englewood sheet · 1:31,680
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cherry Hills Village.
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.
Retake this viewColorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)], 1940
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Cherry Hills Village’s page.
The Cherry Hills Village post office opened in 1950, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Cherry Hills Village rank for history?
Cherry Hills Village is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns, #79 of 159 in Colorado. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Cherry Hills Village?
5 listings: 4 buildings, among them the Foster-Buell Estate (listed 1998, the first), and 1 historic district, the Hopkins Farm, with 7 contributing buildings. 11 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Cherry Hills Village?
3% of Cherry Hills Village’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 2.5% for a Colorado town; the median home was built in 1978.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (13), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (5), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.
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