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Littleton, Colorado real estate comes with lots of options. Older, historic homes near downtown Littleton, golf course community homes and homes with mountains views are all housing options.
The beginnings of this historic Denver Suburb can be traced to the “Pikes Peak” gold rush era. As the metropolis of Denver began to grow, Littleton constructed a series of ditches for the transportation of water to the city. So, one of the engineers hired to lay out this system was young Richard Sullivan Little of New Hampshire. As a result, Little fell in love with the area. So, the rest is history. Yes, Littleton is Little’s Town.
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Littleton became an official city in 1890 with a mere population of 245 residents. Today, this thriving and appealing community just Southwest of Metro-Denver has grown to over 50,000 residents.
The city of Littleton became widely known in 1999 when the Columbine High School Massacre occurred at nearby Columbine High School. However, the school is located in unincorporated Jefferson County and is not really in the City of Littleton. Because, it shares a Littleton code along with other unincorporated areas. Some include Deer Valley, Ken Caryl, Roxborough, Highlands Ranch, Columbine, and Four Lakes. That complicates searching Littleton, Colorado real estate in the Denver MLS homes for sale. Be sure to double check the actual incorporated city listed in the MLS.
Historic Downtown Littleton
Downtown Littleton historic district provide restaurants, quaint shops and street fairs in the summer.
The City of Littleton encompasses the comforts of a quaint historic town and a big, vivacious suburb, all in one. Historic Downtown Littleton looks like a small village with its charming boutiques and restaurants.Furthermore, the town is home of Hudson Gardens. The Gardens is a non-profit botanical garden located along the bank of the South Platte River. There, residents enjoy outdoor events, live concerts and gardens of plant, native to the dry Colorado climate.
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For recreational activities, nothing beats Littleton’s Douglas H. Buck Community Recreation Center. This multi-generation, 54,000 square-foot athletic club is operated by the South Suburban Recreation district. This center offers an aquatics area with therapy pool, lap lanes, a “lazy river” for resistance walking or tube floating. In addition, you’ll find a leisure pool, a gymnasium with running and walking tracks, fitness area, basketball courts, babysitting room, and multi purpose room. The facility is designed to serve seniors, mid-lifers, young people, and children.
Littleton, Colorado real estate is already connected to Denver’s new Light Rail System. That’s our newest mass-transit system providing easy access to the sporting events, entertainment and shopping in downtown Denver.
Littleton, Colorado Schools
Littleton Public Schools serves this community. It offers some of the best public education in the Denver Metro Area. For example, some rank the Cherry Creek School District as the the best in Colorado. It boast several Blue Ribbon Award winning schools like Arapahoe High School.In addition, several elementary school also have received the prestigious national award. Lois Lenski Elementary school just recieved it in 2019.
In total, six schools in the Littleton Public School district earned the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. Many of our clients prefer Littleton schools for their quality and generally smaller size schools and classrooms. Student ACT and SAT scores rank well above the Colorado or National averages.
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