Acequia
Acequia is an unincorporated community located in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. Acequia has an elevation of 5,558 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in Colorado
- Also known as: “Acequia, CO”, “Acequia, Colorado”, and “Ascequia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chatfield State Park and ThunderRidge High School.
Chatfield State Park
Park
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Chatfield State Park is a state park located in Douglas and Jefferson counties of Colorado, United States. The park centers on Chatfield Reservoir, a 1,423 acre surface area lake fed by the South Platte River and two other creeks, including Plum Creek. Chatfield State Park is situated 2 miles west of Acequia.
ThunderRidge High School
School
ThunderRidge High School is an International Baccalaureate public high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. It is part of the Douglas County School District. It was established in 1996 and has approximately 1820 students as of August 2025.
Chatfield Lake
Reservoir
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Chatfield Dam and Reservoir is a dam and artificial lake located on the South Platte River, south of Littleton, Colorado. The dam and reservoir were built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a response to the disastrous flood of 1965. Chatfield Lake is situated 2½ miles northwest of Acequia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sterling Ranch and Highlands Ranch.
Sterling Ranch
Village
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Sterling Ranch is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,789 at the 2020 census. Sterling Ranch is situated 2 miles south of Acequia.
Highlands Ranch
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Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community of about 105,000 in the Denver Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Colorado. The residential suburb lies south of Denver in Douglas County.
Louviers
Hamlet
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Louviers is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Louviers is situated 3½ miles south of Acequia.
Acequia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Acequia” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿塞基亞”
- French: “Acequia”
- Irish: “Acequia”
- Persian: “اسکوا، کلورادو”
- Persian: “اسکوا”
- South Azerbaijani: “آسکویا، کولورادو”
- South Azerbaijani: “آسکویا”
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