The City of Englewood is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.

The recorded history of Englewood began in 1858, when gold was discovered on what came to be called Little Dry Creek by William Green Russell, an early settler of the High Plains.

Two years later, Thomas Skerritt, considered to be the founder of the city, established a home in the area, which was called Orchard Place.

[8] Four years later, the first road connecting Denver and Orchard Place was created by Skerritt himself, using his own plough.

In 1908, the Cherrelyn horse trolley stopped running.A great period of change for the city occurred in 1948; 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) on the Platte Canyon were purchased, and soon McLellan Reservoir was created.

In addition to Pirates Cove, many improvements were made to the South Platte River trail system and the Englewood Recreation Center, originally constructed in 1975.

Englewood is a full-service city with its own, independent park, library, and public works systems.

[5] Englewood features a climate very similar to that of Denver, but is slightly milder and more stable due to the city's location in a very low part of the South Platte River valley.

It contains the Englewood Public Library, The Museum of Outdoor Arts, and all city departments, including the courts.

This is also where the massive General Iron metal fabrication plant was located, which closed in the 1990s and has now been demolished, awaiting redevelopment and a new proposed light-rail station at Bates Avenue.

The Hampden Hills neighborhood hosts one of the largest conglomeration of apartment complexes in the metro area, and is also the newest developed part of the city, as well as the wealthiest.

Finally, Englewood extends southeast to the Highline Canal, and southwest past Federal Blvd.

Also, the city used to host the Denver Seminary, an evangelical graduate-level religious school that has since relocated to Littleton.

Englewood is also the location of Humanex Academy, a private, alternative middle and high school for students who have learning disabilities and emotional and behavior disorders.

This area includes part of the Denver Tech Center and the surrounding commercial development along the I-25 corridor, which is often erroneously attributed to Englewood; the city actually lies several miles west.

Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Englewood include missionary and archaeologist David Crockett Graham,[25] civil rights activist Carlotta Walls LaNier,[26] railroad executive Louis W. Menk,[27] and former MLB pitcher Brad Lidge[28][circular reference]