Cole is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

. It is in the area commonly known as East Denver, or the "East Side".According to the Piton Foundation, in 2007, the population of the neighborhood was 6,041, and there were 1,794 housing units. In the year 2000, the racial breakdown if the neighborhood was 5.95% non-hispanic white

Caucasian race

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, 21.3% African American

African American

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, 70.98% Hispanic

Hispanic

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 or Latino

Latino

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, 0.6% Native American

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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, and 0.28% Asian

Asian American

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Boundaries

The shape of the neighborhood is like that of a square with the northwest corner cut off. The neighborhood is bordered on the west by Downing Street, on the northwest by Walnut Street, on the north by 40th Avenue, on the east by York Street, and on the south by 32nd Avenue.

Landmarks and History

Most of the neighborhood consists single-family housing units. Russell Square Park is in the northeast part of the neighborhood. The neighborhood became part of Denver in 1874. It is named for Carlos M. Cole, a former superintendent of Denver Public Schools.