according to Wikipedia..."Lakewood is a city in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 144,126 at the 2000 census. The city is one of the larger suburbs of Denver. It was founded in 1889 by Charles Welch and W.A.H. Loveland, who platted a 13-block area along Colfax Avenue west of downtown Denver. Loveland, the former president of the Colorado Central Railroad, retired to the new community of Lakewood after many years of living in nearby Golden."
Visit the City of Lakewood web site at:
www.lakewood.org |
