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43-619: Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe , Douglas , and Jefferson counties , Colorado , United States . Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city population was 45,652 at the 2020 United States Census , ranking as the 20th most populous municipality in Colorado. The city of Littleton's history dates back to

86-486: A board of trustees composed of the mayor and four or six additional members elected at large. Colorado statutory cities and towns are limited to exercising powers that are granted by the state and are subject to provisions and limitations imposed by the state and are similar to villages in other states such as the villages of the State of New York . The Town of Georgetown is the only municipality that still operates under

129-453: A 2020 population density of 38 residents per square mile (15/km ) was the least densely populated municipality after Carbonate. Colorado municipalities operate under one of five types of municipal governing authority — consolidated city and county , home rule municipality (which may be either a city or a town), statutory city , statutory town , and territorial charter municipality . State law makes relatively few distinctions between

172-961: A charter granted by the Territory of Colorado . The town operates under Article 14, Section 13 of the Charter & Constitution of the Colorado Territory enacted on January 28, 1868. The town mayor is called the police judge and the town council is called the board of selectmen . Download coordinates as: Select the OpenStreetMap link at the right to view the location of these 273 municipalities. Twenty-one active municipalities currently extend into more than one county . 38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W  /  38.9972°N 105.5478°W  / 38.9972; -105.5478  ( State of Colorado ) Front Range Urban Corridor The Front Range Urban Corridor

215-560: A city and a town. The charter of a home rule municipality may designate either a city or town municipal title. In general, cities are more populous than towns, although long-term population changes may skew this considerably, as illustrated by the City of Black Hawk and the Town of Castle Rock . Neither village nor civil township is a type of civil division in the State of Colorado. The cities of Cherry Hills Village and Greenwood Village and

258-578: A city council of 11 members composed of the mayor and two members elected from each of five wards. As of 2024, Colorado has 102 cities and towns that are home rule municipalities, which are self-governing under Article 20 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado; Title 31, Article 1, Section 202 of the Colorado Revised Statutes; and the home rule charter of each municipality. The state-authorized home rule charter determines

301-405: A family was $ 74,744. Males had a median income of $ 52,674 versus $ 40,297 for females. The city's per capita income was $ 33,889. About 7.4% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. As of 2013, 66.8% of the population over the age of 16 was in the labor force. 0.1% was in the armed forces, and 66.7%

344-458: A population of at least 2,000 at the time of incorporation or reorganization, although three have lost population since. Statutory cities have an elected mayor and a city council composed of the mayor and two members elected from each ward. A statutory city may petition to reorganize as a Section 200 statutory city with an appointed city manager and a city council with two members elected from each ward and one member elected at large. The mayor may be

387-628: A solid economic base in the community. By 1890, the community had grown to 245 people and the residents voted to incorporate the Town of Littleton. Littleton grew significantly throughout the 1950s and 1960s due to its proximity to Denver and to the Martin Marietta facilities, which produced the Titan rocket and other aerospace products. Littleton is today fully engulfed in metropolitan Denver. Littleton twinned with Bega, Australia in 1961 as one of

430-586: Is Interstate 25 . There have been many proposals for Front Range Passenger Rail . None have come to fruition as of 2021 , though plans are under development. The Front Range Urban Corridor stretches about 200 miles (320 km) from Pueblo, Colorado , north along Interstate 25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming , and includes the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area ; the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area ;

473-703: Is a Littleton tradition, featuring an evening of holiday festivities, culminating in the illumination of the trees on Main Street. The Littleton Twilight Criterium occurs in the late summer in Historic Downtown Littleton on a 0.8-mile course. The event features famous athletes, concerts, and a cruiser ride for the general public. The only hospital is AdventHealth Littleton . List of cities and towns in Colorado#Home rule municipality Colorado municipalities range in population from

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516-647: Is an oblong region of urban population located along the eastern face of the Southern Rocky Mountains , encompassing 18 counties in the US states of Colorado and Wyoming . The corridor derives its name from the Front Range , the mountain range that defines the western boundary of the corridor which serves as a gateway to the Rocky Mountains . The region comprises the northern portion of

559-639: Is located in adjacent Columbine , an unincorporated community , which is not a place name accepted by the U.S. Postal Service ; by default, locations in ZIP code 80123 use "Littleton" in their mailing addresses. Columbine High School is in the Jefferson County school system and is not one of the Littleton Public Schools . Littleton is located in central Colorado north of the junction of U.S. Route 85 and Colorado State Highway 470 ,

602-960: Is neither in Littleton nor Englewood, but in unincorporated Jefferson County . The majority of the portion in Arapahoe County is in Littleton Public Schools . Small portions are in the Sheridan School District 2 and Englewood School District 1 . The small portion of Littleton in Jefferson County is within Jeffco Public Schools . The small portion of Littleton in Douglas County is within Douglas County School District RE-1 . The Colorado Center for

645-535: The 2010 census , there were 41,737 people, 18,312 households, and 10,724 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,215.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,241.5/km). There were 19,176 housing units at an average density of 1,497.2 units per square mile (578.1 units/km). The racial makeup of the city was 89.0% White , 2.2% Asian , 1.4% African American , 0.8% American Indian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 3.9% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 12.4% of

688-491: The 2020 United States Census , 4,299,942 of the 5,773,714 Colorado residents (74.47%) lived in one of the 271 municipalities active at the time. Another 714,417 residents (12.37%) lived in one of the 210 census-designated places , while the remaining 759,355 residents (13.15%) lived in the many rural and mountainous areas of the state. In 2020, only 1,968 square miles (5,097 km ) of Colorado's 103,642 square miles (268,431 km ) of land area (1.90%) were incorporated in

731-950: The Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area ; the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area ; the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area ; the Pueblo, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area ; the Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area ; and the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area . The corridor comprises three primary subregions: the South Central Colorado Urban Area , the North Central Colorado Urban Area , and

774-603: The Cheyenne Metropolitan Area . The influence of the Corridor extends well beyond its defined boundaries. The Colorado Eastern Plains , Nebraska Panhandle , and Albany County, Wyoming , among other areas, are culturally and economically tied to the Corridor, though they are not considered to be a part of it. The definition included here is not used for the greater Southern Rocky Mountain Front , one of

817-601: The Constitution of the State of Colorado ; and Title 30, Article 11, Section 101 of the Colorado Revised Statutes . Denver has an elected mayor and a city council of 13 members with 11 members elected from council districts and two members elected at large. The City and County of Broomfield operates under Article XX, Sections 10–13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. Broomfield has an appointed city and county manager , an elected mayor, and

860-518: The Front Range Urban Corridor . It shares a border with Denver and Englewood on the north, Greenwood Village on the northeast, Centennial on the east, Highlands Ranch on the south, Columbine and Columbine Valley on the west, and Bow Mar on the northwest. Unlike most county seats of suburban counties, Littleton is on the same house numbering grid, including its downtown, as the major city, in this case, Denver. As of

903-776: The Southern Rocky Mountain Front geographic area, which in turn comprises the southern portion of the Rocky Mountain Front geographic area of Canada and the United States. The Front Range Urban Corridor had a population of 5,055,344 at the 2020 Census , an increase of +16.65% since the 2010 Census . The corridor contains some of the West's largest cities, such as Denver and Colorado Springs . It also contains smaller cities such as Pueblo and Cheyenne . Its main transportation corridor

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946-658: The 11 megaregions of the United States . The megaregion's area is larger, extending south from Pueblo along the I-25 corridor into New Mexico , including Albuquerque and Santa Fe , and also including the Wasatch Front of Utah , separated by hundreds of miles from the regional core. In Wyoming , the Front Range Urban Corridor includes the Town of Albin , the Town of Burns , the City of Cheyenne ,

989-528: The 1859 Pike's Peak Gold Rush , which brought not just gold seekers, but merchants and farmers to the community. Richard Sullivan Little was an engineer from New Hampshire who came West to work on irrigation systems. Little soon decided to settle in the area at present day Littleton and brought his wife Angeline from the East in 1862. The Littles and neighbors built the Rough and Ready Flour Mill in 1867, which provided

1032-424: The 271 active municipalities. The City of Colorado Springs with 195 square miles (506 km ) of land area was the most extensive municipality, while the Town of Sawpit with 19 acres (0.078 km ) of land area was the least extensive. The City of Glendale with a 2020 population density of 8,117 residents per square mile (3,134/km ) was the most densely populated municipality, while the Town of Bonanza with

1075-591: The Blind , a skills training program for blind teenagers and adults operated by the National Federation of the Blind , is located in Littleton. Four highways run through the city of Littleton: The Regional Transportation District provides bus and light rail service to Littleton. Light rail service to the city began on July 14, 2000, on the C and D Lines , however C Line operation ended on January 10, 2021. There are two light rail stations within

1118-464: The City and County of Denver with a 2020 population of 715,522, to the Town of Carbonate , which has had no year-round population since the 1890 Census due to its severe winter weather and difficult access. The City of Black Hawk with a 2020 population of 127 is the least populous Colorado city, while the Town of Castle Rock with a 2020 population of 73,158 is the most populous Colorado town. At

1161-464: The city council member elected at large or the city council may appoint a mayor. Colorado has 157 statutory towns that operate under Title 31, Article 1, Section 203 and Article 4, Part 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. The statutory town of Creede uses the official title "City of Creede". Garden City , Lake City , Orchard City , and Sugar City are statutory towns but use city at the end of their names. Statutory towns have an elected mayor and

1204-550: The city government and its departments. As the county seat , Littleton is the administrative center of Arapahoe County. The county government's main Administration Building is located in Littleton, and most county government departments base their operations in the city. Littleton lies mostly within Colorado's 6th U.S. Congressional District , but changes made to Colorado's congressional districts in 2012 put

1247-674: The city is 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Denver and 55 miles (89 km) north of Colorado Springs . Littleton lies on the South Platte River in the Colorado Piedmont region of the Great Plains a few miles east of the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains . Most of the city lies on the east side of the river. Several small tributaries of the river flow northwest through

1290-469: The city much larger than the city itself. This area includes the following unincorporated communities: In addition, an extreme southwest portion of Denver , the Marston neighborhood, is located in a ZIP code (80123) with "Littleton" as the preferred place name for use in mailing addresses, though "Denver" is also acceptable. The Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood , also located in this ZIP code,

1333-659: The city, Littleton-Downtown station located within downtown Littleton and Littleton-Mineral station located near the Aspen Grove shopping center, which serves as the southern terminus of the D Line. Western Welcome Week Since the late 1920s, Littleton has celebrated Western Welcome Week - an annual community celebration in the greater Littleton area. Western Welcome Week started in the late 1920s, and has been held every year since. Western Welcome Week includes over 40 events benefiting dozens of local civic and charitable organizations. Candlelight Walk The Candlelight Walk

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1376-415: The city; from north to south, these include Big Dry Creek, Slaughterhouse Gulch, Lee Gulch, and Dad Clark Gulch. In addition, several small lakes and reservoirs are located along the river in the southwestern part of the city. Immediately west of the river are Cooley Lake, Bufflehead Lake, South Platte Reservoir, Eaglewatch Lake, Redtail Lake, and Blackrock Lake. Wolhurst Lake and McLellen Reservoir are east of

1419-497: The earliest sister cities . Littleton became widely known in 1999 when the Columbine High School massacre occurred, where two of the school's students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold , murdered 12 students and one teacher, injured 23 others and then killed themselves. News media wrongly reported that the incident happened in the city, because the school's ZIP code is primarily associated with Littleton. The school

1462-645: The extreme southwestern portion of the city into Colorado's 1st congressional district. For the purposes of representation in the Colorado General Assembly , the city is located in the 26th and 30th districts of the Colorado Senate and the 3rd, 38th, and 43rd districts of the Colorado House of Representatives . The council consists of seven members - one member for each of the four legislative districts, two at-large members, and

1505-413: The form of government. Home rule gives local municipalities the power to make legislation relevant to their areas, exercising control over issues of local concern while minimizing state intervention in municipal affairs. Colorado has 11 statutory cities that operate under Title 31, Article 1, Section 203 and Article 4, Section 100 or Section 200 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. A statutory city must have

1548-399: The largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were: educational services, health care, and social assistance (20.1%); professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (14.1%); retail trade (11.2%). The cost of living in Littleton is average; compared to a U.S. average of 100, the cost of living index for the community is 101.8. As of 2013,

1591-403: The mayor. Beginning in 2021, all council members are elected to 4-year terms. General elections for city council are held in odd-numbered years with either three or four council seats up for election. In 2021, Littleton voters elected the first popularly-elected mayor to a four-year term. The place name "Littleton" was assigned to eleven ZIP codes which cover a vast area west, east, and south of

1634-451: The median home value in the city was $ 269,000, the median selected monthly owner cost was $ 1,668 for housing units with a mortgage and $ 470 for those without, and the median gross rent was $ 902. Littleton is a home-rule municipality with a council-manager form of government. The city council makes policy for the city and approves the annual city budget. The city manager implements the council's policies and oversees day-to-day administration of

1677-444: The population. There were 18,312 households, out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1720-555: The river, fed and drained by Dad Clark Gulch. Chatfield Reservoir lies immediately southwest of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 13.87 square miles (35.9 km) of which 12.98 square miles (33.6 km) is land and 0.89 square miles (2.3 km) (6.4%) is water. As a suburb of Denver, Littleton is part of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area and

1763-504: The towns of Log Lane Village , Mountain Village , and Snowmass Village have the word "village" at the end of their names. Nineteen Colorado municipalities extend into two counties, while two cities – Aurora and Littleton – extend into three counties. In the State of Colorado, only Denver and Broomfield have consolidated city and county governments. The City and County of Denver operates under Article XX, Section 4 of

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1806-410: Was 2.25, and the average family size was 2.93. The distribution of the population by age was 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.3 years. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The median income for a household in the city was $ 54,512, and the median income for

1849-408: Was in the civilian labor force with 61.2% employed and 5.5% unemployed. The occupational composition of the employed civilian labor force was: 44.4% in management, business, science, and arts; 25.0% in sales and office occupations; 17.8% in service occupations; 6.6% in production, transportation, and material moving; 6.2% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance. The three industries employing

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