Floyd Hill, Colorado
census designated place in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States
Floyd Hill is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Interstate 70 passes through the community. Floyd Hill is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Floyd Hill CDP was 1,048 at the United States Census 2020.
History
Floyd Hill is named after Merril H. Floyd, head of the Clear Creek Wagon Road Company that operated in the 1860s. Mr. Floyd owned a ranch on a hill in the area and the land around the hill, which became known as "Floyd's Hill", where his company built a wagon road over from Idaho Springs to Bergen's ranch.
On February 24, 1873, the Colorado Central Railroad completed a rail spur from Forks Creek 3.3 miles (5.3 km) to Floyd Hill.
The Floyd Hill, Colorado, post office operated from September 9, 1912, until June 30, 1937. The Evergreen, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 80439) now serves the area.
The public source identifies “Floyd Hill, Colorado” as census designated place in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Floyd, Hill and Colorado.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q615714. Authority coordinates are 39.724, -105.431. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1873, 1912 and 1937.
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