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History · Pine Brook Hill

Half of Pine Brook Hill’s homes were built after 1981

Most of Pine Brook Hill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1902 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Pine Brook 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 writtenNo old photos of Pine Brook Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19024 editions of the USGS map, 1902 to 1971. Watch Pine Brook Hill change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Brook Hill’s history is told.

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On the map

Pine Brook Hill on the map, 1902 to 1971

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

Pine Brook Hill on the 1902 USGS mapPine Brook Hill on the 1957 USGS mapPine Brook Hill on the 1966 USGS mapPine Brook Hill on the 1971 USGS map1902Boulder sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pine Brook Hill.

The story so far

Pine Brook Hill, in brief

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

Pine Brook Hill is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Pine Brook Hill CDP was 975 at the United States Census 2020. The Boulder post office (Zip Code 80304) serves the area.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 983 in 2010, 975 in 2020.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings 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

Famous people close to Pine Brook Hill

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

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Edward Lawrie TatumUS genetics scientist · b. 1909
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Kristin DavisAmerican actress · b. 1965
Scott CarpenterAmerican test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut · b. 1925
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John Carroll LynchAmerican character actor and film director · b. 1963
Emma CoburnAmerican steeplechaser · b. 1990
Jack D. FischerAmerican astronaut · b. 1974
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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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 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.