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1935 Map of East Denver Nos. 3 and 4

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of East Denver Nos. 3 and 4
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Fairmount Cemetery and the emerging suburbs southeast of Denver define this mid-1930s topographic survey. The landscape transitions from the established grid of Alameda Ave and Colorado Blvd into the rolling drainage basins of Cherry Creek and Canyon Creek. This era shows a high density of rural institutions serving a growing population, including the Convent of the Good Shepherd, the Eastern Star Home, and numerous local schoolhouses such as Ash Grove Sch and Cunningham Sch.

The settlement at Sullivan sits along the Southern Interstate and Colorado Highway, while further south, the map documents the rural character of Douglas County before modern development. Water features like Windsor Lake and the various gulches, including Sampson Gulch and Sulphur Gulch, illustrate the natural irrigation patterns of the High Plains edge. These features provide essential context for genealogists and local historians tracing the early 20th-century footprint of the Denver metropolitan area's expansion.