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History · St. Ann Highlands

Half of St. Ann Highlands’ homes were built after 1990

Most of St. Ann Highlands was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1906 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about St. Ann Highlands’ 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 St. Ann Highlands are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1972. Watch St. Ann Highlands change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Ann Highlands’s history is told.

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On the map

St. Ann Highlands on the map, 1906 to 1972

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

St. Ann Highlands on the 1906 USGS mapSt. Ann Highlands on the 1942 USGS mapSt. Ann Highlands on the 1972 USGS map1906Blackhawk 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 St. Ann Highlands.

The story so far

St. Ann Highlands, in brief

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

St. Anton Highlands or Saint Ann Highlands 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 St. Anton Highlands CDP was 325 at the United States Census 2020. The Nederland post office (Zip Code 80466) serves the area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 288 to 325 (+13%).

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

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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 St. Ann Highlands

Nobody well known was born in St. Ann Highlands 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
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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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.