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History · Indian Hills

Indian Hills’ post office opened in 1925, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1945 on and the census since 2000.

1925first post office
0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Indian Hills began

When was Indian Hills founded?

1925

The Indian Hills post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,197 in 20002020 census: 1,474101 years
Founding year: the first Indian Hills post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Indian Hills’ past

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

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Indian Hills’s history is told.

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The story

How Indian Hills came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Indian Hills.

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John D. Parmalee (1813–1885) came to Colorado in 1860 and settled in Mount Vernon. In 1866, he was granted a charter for a toll road between Morrison and Bradford Junction (Conifer); the Denver and Turkey Creek Toll Road

opened in 1870. Parmalee also operated sawmills and shingle mills in the area. He was later commissioned to build a road from Turkey Creek to Bergen Park, along what is known as Parmalee Gulch.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Indian Hills, 1925 to 1955

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1925Post officeThe Indian Hills post office opens
  3. 1945On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1955Born hereRandy VanWarmer is born here
By decade

Indian Hills, decade by decade

Today1 recent
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On the map

Indian Hills on the map, 1945 to 1980

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

Indian Hills on the 1945 USGS mapIndian Hills on the 1957 USGS mapIndian Hills on the 1965 USGS mapIndian Hills on the 1971 USGS mapIndian Hills on the 1980 USGS map1945Indian Hills 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 Indian Hills.

People over time

Indian Hills, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,60020002020Peak: 1,474

Between 1,197 and 1,474 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Indian Hills’s post office has been open since 1925.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Indians Hills
Gone or out of use
Blackstone Claim MinemineIndian Hills Post Officepost office

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Morrison5 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Indian Hills’ history

What year was Indian Hills founded?

The Indian Hills post office opened in 1925, 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 (1), 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) 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.