Denver is the capital of Colorado and the twenty-first largest city in the United States, sprawling over six counties and 3,497 square miles of the High Plains and the Rocky Mountain foothills. Centered at the confluence of the South Platte River and…

Jefferson County, commonly referred to as “Jeffco,” is named after former president Thomas Jefferson and covers 774 square miles in central Colorado west of Denver. Jeffco is bordered to the north by Boulder and Broomfield Counties, to the east by Adams,…

Located immediately west of Denver in Jefferson County, the city of Lakewood began as a scattered farming community and was incorporated in 1969 during its post-World War II  population boom. With a 2020 population of 155,984, Lakewood is now the…