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History · Floyd Hill

Floyd Hill’s post office opened in 1912

Most of Floyd Hill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1957 on.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Quick answers

How Floyd Hill began

When was Floyd Hill founded?

1912

The Floyd Hill post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,048114 years
Founding year: the first Floyd Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Floyd Hill’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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Floyd Hill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCO 3 I70 NARA 1960 18: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Floyd Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Floyd Hill.

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Floyd Hill is named after Merril H. Floyd, head of the Clear Creek Wagon Road Company that operated in the 1860s. Mr. Floyd owned a ranch on a hill in the area and the land around the hill, which became known as "Floyd's Hill", where his company built a wagon road over from Idaho Springs to Bergen's ranch.

On February 24, 1873, the Colorado Central Railroad completed a rail spur from Forks Creek 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to Floyd Hill.

The Floyd Hill, Colorado, post office operated from September 9, 1912, until June 30, 1937. The Evergreen, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 80439) now serves the area.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Floyd Hill, 1912 to 1960

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Floyd Hill post office opens
  3. 1937Post officeThe Floyd Hill post office closes
  4. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1960In the archiveCO 3 I70 NARA 1960 18
By decade

Floyd Hill, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s1 item
CO 3 I70 NARA 1960 181960CO 3 I70 NARA 1960 18
1970s–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
Snow covered Clear Creek County, Colorado Sheriff SUV near Floyd Hill Station No. 7(Evergreen Fire Rescue) 2019-02-232019Snow covered Clear Creek County, Colorado Sheriff SUV…Floyd Hill, Colorado2015Floyd Hill, Colorado
On the map

Floyd Hill on the map, 1957 to 1974

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

Floyd Hill on the 1957 USGS mapFloyd Hill 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 Floyd Hill.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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CO 3 I70 NARA 1960 18
Retake this viewCO 3 I70 NARA 1960 18, 1960

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Famous people

Famous people close to Floyd Hill

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

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Chris BroderickAmerican guitarist · b. 1970
Gregg HenryAmerican actor · b. 1952
Derek CianfranceAmerican film director and screenwriter · b. 1974
Arthur HoytAmerican film actor · b. 1874
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Hayden ByerlyAmerican actor · b. 2000
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Jake CanterAmerican snowboarder · b. 2003
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Floyd Hill had its own post office from 1912 to 1937.

Floyd Hill
1912–1937
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Beaver Brook Mica LodemineGrover MinemineJacobson Ranch MinemineLucky Strike MinemineQuickie Iron MinemineSnyder Beryl Claim MinemineTexaco Minemine

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

Questions about Floyd Hill’s history

What year was Floyd Hill founded?

The Floyd Hill post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.