Strasburg’s post office opened in 1908, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 25% of U.S. towns · #82 of 159 in Colorado. What drives it
Most of Strasburg was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. 2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 8 buildings. Below: maps from 1955 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: the first Strasburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Strasburg’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Strasburg is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #82 of 159 in Colorado. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Strasburg’s overall grade.
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 Strasburg’s 23.2 sits above most of its state (80% of Colorado towns have fewer) while its 8 historic buildings outnumber those of 74% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Strasburg’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The community was named after John Strasburg, a railroad official. Strasburg may now be considered a commuter community as new housing continues to be built and much of the populace works in the surrounding areas of Aurora, Brighton, and Denver.
The town is built next to the Comanche Crossing of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. A post office called Strasburg has been in operation since 1908.
On January 27, 2001, a plane carrying two Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team players and six broadcasters and coaching staff crashed near Strasburg. All 10 people on board died.
The Strasburg post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Strasburg rank for history?
Strasburg is more historic than 25% of U.S. towns, #82 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 Strasburg?
Two places: the Comanche Crossing of the Kansas Pacific Railroad (listed 1970) and the Engelbrecht Farm (2014).
How old are the homes in Strasburg?
1% of Strasburg’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 2.5% for a Colorado town; the median home was built in 2001.
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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.
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