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Welcome to Founders Village ...

Founders Village is located in Douglas County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Founders Village: Founders Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Founders Village for more information about variations on the name of Founders Village.

Founders Village is 6,540 feet [1,993 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Founders Village is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Founders Village lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Founders Village: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities near Founders Village ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Founders Village.

  • Centennial
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Parker
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Littleton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lone Tree
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Castle Pines
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Castle Pines North
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Castle Pines North is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Pines North
    • Estimated population in 2011: 10,602 people
  • Monument
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Palmer Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Elizabeth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Founders Village. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Founders Village.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Founders Village. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Founders Village.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Founders Village. See our Newspapers Page for Founders Village.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Founders Village ...

Looking for more information about Founders Village? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Founders Village, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Founders Village.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Founders Village - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the Founders Village area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Founders Village area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.