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Arapahoe County, Colorado

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 10 Arapahoe County towns.

The oldest is Centennial, established 2001. The largest by population is Centennial (108,418).

Town	Established	Population
Bow Mar	–	853
Centennial	2001	108,418
Cherry Hills Village	–	6,442
Columbine Valley	–	1,502
Deer Trail	–	1,068
Englewood	–	33,659
Foxfield	–	754
Glendale	–	4,613
Greenwood Village	–	15,691
Sheridan	–	6,105

About these towns

Bow Mar: As the Denver-area grew in the late 19th century, the area that is now known as Bow Mar was developed as an agricultural area.

Centennial: The citizens of the area had voted to incorporate on September 12, 2000, choosing Centennial as the official name during the vote.

Cherry Hills Village: The Town of Cherry Hills Village was incorporated on July 19, 1945. The community was named for a grove of cherry trees near the original town site.

Columbine Valley: The Town of Columbine Valley is a statutory town located in far western Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. Columbine Valley is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Deer Trail: Deer Trail was founded when the Kansas Pacific Railway built a station in what is now Deer Trail in 1870. The town was platted by the railway in 1875 and soon became a shipping point for grain, livestock, and eggs.

Englewood: The recorded history of Englewood began in 1858, when gold was discovered near the mouth of a creek (later named Little Dry Creek) by William Green Russell, a prospector from the State of Georgia.

Foxfield: The Town of Foxfield is a statutory town located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. Foxfield is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Glendale: In 1859, the Cherokee Trail (and the Smoky Hill Trail -south branch) came down Cherry Creek Valley past the Four Mile House and through what is now called Glendale.

Greenwood Village: The city is named for the Greenwood Ranch. The area was developed during the 1860s when settlers came from the East and Midwest looking for gold.

Sheridan: Sheridan was originally part of the Indian Territory and has always been a small community. The first white settler of what would become Sheridan was John McBroom in the spring of 1859.