Sand Creek Junction
Sand Creek Junction is a locality in Adams, Colorado. Sand Creek Junction is situated nearby to the town Commerce City, as well as near the locality Belt Junction.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cherokee Generating Station and Riverside Cemetery.
Cherokee Generating Station
Power station
Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in North Washington, Colorado, about 5 miles north of downtown Denver. Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County and the second-largest natural gas–fired plant in the state behind Fort St.
Riverside Cemetery
Cemetery
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Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is Denver, Colorado's oldest operating cemetery. More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans.
40th & Colorado station
Railway station
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40th & Colorado station is a Regional Transportation District commuter rail station on the A Line in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood and adjacent to the Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. 40th & Colorado station is situated 2 miles south of Sand Creek Junction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Commerce City and Elyria-Swansea.
Commerce City
Town
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Commerce City is a home rule city located in Adams County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census.
Elyria-Swansea
Neighborhood
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Elyria-Swansea is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is located in East Denver, on the northeast side of the city. In 2007, the neighborhood had 7,218 residents and 1,787 households. Elyria-Swansea is situated 2 miles southwest of Sand Creek Junction.
Derby
Village
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Derby is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Derby is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sand Creek Junction.
Sand Creek Junction
- Type: Locality
- Location: Adams, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.80714° or 39° 48′ 26″ northLongitude
-104.93992° or 104° 56′ 24″ westOpen location code
85FQR346+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5752404083OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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