THE LITTLETON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flat to Rolling Plains setting.
Littleton city has 12.6 square miles of land in Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Flat to Rolling Plains, within High Plains.
Broad, comparatively smooth plains distinguish the High Plains from neighboring broken terrain. The natural grassland setting is drier and higher than the Central Great Plains to the east.
Regional context: High Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 3 county geographies.
Littleton intersects 3 county geographies: Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Jefferson County. A Littleton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Littleton by land and water
The Census records 1.13 square miles of water within Littleton, or 8.2% of its total area. It is 7.8 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Colorado. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Littleton city has 12.8 times the land area of nearby Columbine Valley town (0.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

