Jefferson County
Jefferson County
By Mari Takeshita

Scenic Vistas

Jefferson County is a place filled with magnificent wonders only nature can provide and a past that is just as rich. Not ignoring its agricultural and mining roots, Jefferson County has worked to create a delicate balance between that past while supporting a thriving business community and providing for safe neighborhoods. Once an agricultural and mining area, Jefferson County, Colorado now is a thriving suburban, business, industrial and residential community. It’s a place where the great plains meet the Rocky Mountains; with some of the most magnificent scenery in the country, from rolling grasslands and craggy rock formations, to natural foothills, rugged mountains and tumbling mountain streams.

Located just west of Denver where the Great Plains meets the Rocky Mountains, Jefferson County is home to some of the most magnificent scenery in the country: 774 square miles of rolling grasslands, craggy rock formations, and rugged mountains with tumbling mountain streams and lofty pines.

Plenty of both mom and pop shops and Fortune 500 companies are headquartered here. Just as varied is the housing that is available. Jeffco citizens make their homes on mountain tops as well as in suburban communities.
General boundaries for the county include West 120th Avenue in Westminster on the north, Sheridan Boulevard on the east, and Pike National Forest to the south. The county extends west into the mountains to meet Gilpin, Clear Creek and Park counties.

Jefferson County is the largest county in Colorado with a population estimated at535,000, according to the state demographer's 1998 estimates. Eleven cities or towns are located wholly or partially in Jefferson County-Arvada, Bow Mar, Edgewater, Golden, Lakeside, Lakewood, Littleton, Morison, Mountain View, Superior, Westminster and Wheatridge. The unincorporated portions of the county are home to many communities including, but not limited to, Applewood, Aspen Park, Bergen Park, Buffalo Creek, Conifer, Evergreen, Genesee, Idledale, Indian Hills, Kittredge, South Jeffco and Pine. The magnificent six-level Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, located at the intersection of 6th Avenue and Jefferson County Parkway in Golden, can be seen for miles from nearly all directions.

© Copyright 2004 by IMC and DenverRealEstateInColorado.com