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History · Pine Valley

Pine Valley’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Pine Valley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Pine Valley is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population was 363 at the 2020 census. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Evergreen post office (Zip Code 80439) serves the area.

Half of its homes were built before 1974.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pine Valley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Valley’s history is told.

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Pine Valley, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Pine Valley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pine Valley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bergen Park in Evergreen, 2.7 miles away.

Pine Valley and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Pine Valley. Tap a dot.
Bergen ParkHumphrey HouseFillius ParkEvans-Elbert RanchGenesee ParkMiner Street Bridge

Closest to Pine Valley

Bergen ParkEvergreen · District2.7miHumphrey HousePine Valley · Building2.7miFillius ParkEvergreen · District3.2miEvans-Elbert RanchUpper Witter Gulch · Built 19084.5miGenesee ParkGenesee · District5.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bergen Park’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Pine Valley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Pine Valley’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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nearby towns’ history
📜 Idaho Springs📜 Black Hawk📜 Central📜 Golden
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