Arapahoe, Colorado

About Arapahoe

Arapahoe is a small unincorporated community in eastern Colorado.

Arapahoe holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.28 square miles.

📰 Arapahoe News Today

• Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office looking for missing 13-year-old girl 9News · Aug 14
• Aurora officer indicted by Arapahoe County grand jury in 2025 fatal shooting Colorado Public Radio · Aug 3
• Colorado election results: How Arapahoe County voted in the primary denverpost.com · Jun 30
• Looking for Colorado gold Axios · Jul 22
• Work to grow aerospace industry ongoing in Denver South and Colorado's Arapahoe County cbsnews.com · Apr 22

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What Makes Arapahoe Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.28 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 24 miles.

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🗺️ Map of Arapahoe

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