Watkins (also called Box Elder) is an unincorporated town and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by

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and Adams counties,

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. The CDP is a part of the

Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The Denver regi ...

. The census-designated place borders

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, and the Watkins post office, which lies within the Aurora city limits, has the ZIP Code 80137. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Watkins CDP was 682.

History

The Watkins post office has been in operation since 1878. The community was named after L. A. Watkins, a cattleman. Long an unincorporated community, Watkins incorporated as a town on June 15, 2004."ALEA Fact Sheet: Arapahoe Law Enforcement Authority; What is it?"
Arapahoe County, Colorado However, on November 7, 2006, the town voted to revert to being an unincorporated community by a margin of 308-184. Watkins is involved in trying to build the First Park in Adams County, and the Watkins Historical Preservation Society is co-operating with the town on some historical buildings for installation in the park as well. Colorado Air and Space Port is located near Watkins.

Geography

The Watkins CDP has an area of , including of water.

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

Education

Most of the CDP is in Bennett School District 29-J. Some of it is in Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J. The portion of Watkins in Adams-Arapahoe 28J is zoned to: Harmony P-8 School, and Vista PEAK Preparatory School.
Detail of Vista PEAK boundary
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