Floyd Hill, Colorado
Floyd Hill[1] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 998.[2] The Floyd Hill area, just off the I-70 Interstate in Clear Creek county, 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.
Interstate 70 goes through the community of Floyd Hill.
References
- "Floyd Hill Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Colorado Trend Report 2: State and Complete Places (Sub-state 2010 Census Data). Archived 2012-07-11 at Archive.today Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed 2011-02-25.
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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