We travel along Littleton's streets every day without a thought to why it's named Prince or Bemis or Alamo. But the names of streets in Littleton tell the history of the town itself, if you take the time to study them. Richard Little laid out the original village of Littleton in 1872 and gave many of the platted streets names important to him. The main street, which ran east and west and led directly to his Rough & Ready Flour Mill, was named, appropriately, Main Street. Later, nearly every important family added its name to the list.
Richard Little's 1872 plat map of Littleton.
Changes to Littleton Addresses in 1961(PDF, 1MB)
Littleton Independent. Littleton Independent Publishers, 1888- .
McQuarie, Robert J. and C.W. Buchholtz. Littleton, Colorado: Settlement to Centennial. Littleton: Littleton Historical Museum and Friends of the Library and Museum, 1990.
Photographs courtesy of the Littleton Museum, unless otherwise noted; to order copies, contact the Museum at 303-795-3950.
Compiled by Pat Massengill
Updated April 2021 by Phyllis Larison