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History · Englewood

Englewood dates to 1860, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 64% of U.S. towns · #22 of 159 in Colorado. What drives it

5 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 122 buildings. Below: 12 old photos and papers, maps from 1919 on, and the census since 1910.

1860founded
5on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
21famous people
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From Englewood’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Englewood began

When was Englewood founded?

1860

Englewood dates its founding to 1860 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 2,983 in 19102020 census: 33,659166 years

How historic is Englewood?

B

More historic than 64% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1894.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Englewood’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Englewood is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns, #22 of 159 in Colorado. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Englewood’s overall grade.
Founding era1860, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194011.1% of homes (±1.9) · typical CO town 2.5% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register5 listings, 126 historic buildings, 36.9 per 10,000 residents · typical CO town 1.1 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 64%
NewerOlder
Colorado towns of 2,500+ (159)Ahead of 87%

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 Englewood’s 36.9 sits above most of its state (84% of Colorado towns have fewer) while its 126 historic buildings outnumber those of 91% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1860.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share (±1.9 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Englewood’s past

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

A historic districtThe Arapahoe Acres takes in 122 historic buildings.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers, 1913–1940.Famous sons and daughtersAmy Van Dyken, Logan Miller and 19 more were born here.Landmarks on the Register5 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

5 listings protect 126 historic buildings

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

places listed
5
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
126
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
David W. Brown House
David W. Brown HouseArapahoe AcresEnglewood Post OfficeKey Savings and Loan Association Building, built 1967Englewood I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 138 Building
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Prairie Style1
Modern Movement: International Style1
Unsonian Style1
Colonial Revival1
David W. Brown HousePrairie Style
Arapahoe AcresModern Movement: International Style
Englewood Post OfficeColonial Revival
Key Savings and Loan Association BuildingBuilt 1967
Englewood I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 138 BuildingBuilding

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

By decade

Englewood, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1940s12 items
Invoice for milk for "baby camel"1913Invoice for milk for "baby camel"YH 33-91 - DPLA - 2980421a3f21b5291be203346a9d13e21937YH 33-91 - DPLA - 2980421a3f21b5291be203346a9d13e2Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]1940Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]
1950s–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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Famous people

21 famous people were born in Englewood

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Amy Van DykenAmerican swimmer · b. 1973
L
Logan MillerAmerican actor (*1992) · b. 1992
David Eugene EdwardsAmerican singer · b. 1968
Marshall ReedAmerican actor · b. 1917
B
Birk IrvingAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1999
Callan FooteAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1998
The story

How Englewood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Englewood.

Read it all →

The recorded history of Englewood began in 1858, when gold was discovered near the mouth of a creek (later named Little Dry Creek) by William Green Russell, a prospector from the State of Georgia. Two years later, Thomas Skerritt, considered to be the founder of the city, established a home in the area, which was called Orchard Place. Four years later, the first road connecting Denver and Orchard Place was built by Skerritt. In 1879, the first telephone arrived in the area. In 1883, the Cherrelyn horsecar path was laid. The Cherrelyn trolley became an important city icon, being carried up Broadway by horse, and down by gravity.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Englewood, 1860 to 1992

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860
    FoundingEnglewood is established
  3. 1894Post officeThe Cherrelyn post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Englewood post office opens
  6. 1913In the archiveInvoice for milk for "baby camel"
  7. 1916Post officeThe Cherrelyn post office closes
  8. 1917Born hereMarshall Reed is born here
  9. 1937In the archiveYH 33-91 - DPLA - 2980421a3f21b5291be203346a9d13e2
  10. 1940In the archiveColorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]
  11. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  12. 1967BuiltKey Savings and Loan Association Building is built
  13. 1968Born hereDavid Eugene Edwards is born here
  14. 1973Born hereAmy Van Dyken is born here
  15. 1992Born hereLogan Miller is born here
On the map

Englewood on the map, 1940 to 1997

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

Englewood on the 1940 USGS mapEnglewood on the 1950 USGS mapEnglewood on the 1965 USGS mapEnglewood on the 1971 USGS mapEnglewood on the 1980 USGS mapEnglewood on the 1997 USGS map1940Englewood 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 Englewood.

Every building

Englewood, building by building, 1919–1927

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Englewood fire insurance map, 1919, sheet 11919Sheet 1 of 16
Edition
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

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.

Invoice for milk for "baby camel"
Retake this viewInvoice for milk for "baby camel", 1913

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Englewood’s page.

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People over time

Englewood, census by census

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 33,695

Between 2,983 and 33,695 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Englewood’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Englewood’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Cherrelyn, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Cherrelyn
1894–1916
Englewood
1903–today
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Duncan SchoolschoolLowell Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Englewood’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewInvoice for milk for "baby camel": stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

SheridanIts storyC−Denver324 historic placesA−Littleton7 historic placesB−Cherry Hills Village5 historic placesCGreenwood Village1 historic placeD

Questions about Englewood’s history

What year was Englewood founded?

In 1860, according to Wikidata. Englewood’s post office opened in 1894, and the census of 1910 counted 2,983 people here.

How does Englewood rank for history?

Englewood is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns, #22 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 Englewood?

5 listings: 4 buildings, among them the David W. Brown House (listed 1980, the first), and 1 historic district, the Arapahoe Acres, with 122 contributing buildings. 126 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Englewood?

11% of Englewood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.9 points), against a typical 2.5% for a Colorado town; the median home was built in 1964.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (12), the National Register of Historic Places (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.