Applewood, Colorado

About Applewood

Applewood is a small unincorporated community in central Colorado.

Applewood holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.07 square miles.

📰 Applewood News Today

• Applewood air quality map IQAir · Oct 11
• Applewood Townhomes in Lakewood sells for $6.55 million ColoradoBiz · Oct 8
• Marcus & Millichap Arranges $6.55M Sale of Applewood Townhomes in Lakewood Colorado Yield PRO · Oct 7
• Colorado crews get Applewood Fire burning near Pueblo under control after several homes destroyed CBS News · Jun 22
• Nonprofit raising funds to support victims of Applewood Fire FOX21 News Colorado · Jun 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Colorado headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Applewood Unique

• The only place in America named Applewood — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Colorado — one of 482 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Applewood

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Applewood

• Abrusci's Fire & Vine — pasta
• Denny's — american
• Dutch Bros. Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• The Vista at Applewood Golf Course
• Chili's — tex-mex
• Denver West Deli — sandwich
• Hacienda Colorado

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Applewood

• Applewood Park reviews ★
• South Table Mountain Conservation Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chester - Portsmouth Park reviews ★
• Maple Grove Park reviews ★
• Tanglewood Sports Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Applewood

🏘️ Nearby Communities