Belmar Park in Lakewood in Jefferson County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

The 1920s and 1930s Family Farms

Photographed by Leslie Eudy

1. The 1920s and 1930s Family Farms Marker

Inscription. During the First World War (1914-1918), European farms became battlefields and American farmers found a new market for diary products. When the war ended and European farmers resumed production, Colorado dairy farmers experienced a depression. Many farmers looked for alternative sources of income.

Both individual wells and area agricultural ditches supplied farmers and ranchers with water. Windmills pumped water from wells into cisterns, and some farmers built water towers and reservoirs.

During the 1920s and 1930s, urban and rural families considered education important. The 1940 U.S. Census documents that persons aged 25 years averaged 8.9 years of school. Census statisticians record urbanites averaged 9.9 years of school. Their rural non-farm counterparts averaged 8.7 years and farm residents averaged 8.3 years.

From 1920 to 1940, dairy, poultry, and truck farms formed a significant portion of local agriculture. The 1930 U.S. Census records 3,542 dairy farms in Colorado. The Census also reveals that there were 2,210 truck farms and 1,635 poultry farms in the state.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 39° 42.133′ N, 105° 5.067′ W. Marker is in Lakewood, Colorado,

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in Jefferson County. It is in Belmar Park. It can be reached from South Yarrow Street. Marker is in Lakewood Colorado, Jefferson County, in Belmar Park. South of Alameda Avenue and West of S Wadsworth Blvd. Traveling South on S Wadsworth past Alameda Ave, take a right on W Ohio Ave, Left on Yarrow. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Denver CO 80226, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Country School (a few steps from this marker); Glen Creighton Pump House and Matthews Water Tower (within shouting distance of this marker); Gil and Ethel’s (within shouting distance of this marker); Estes Motel (within shouting distance of this marker); 1930s Farm House (within shouting distance of this marker); Streer-Peterson House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Interurban Line (within shouting distance of this marker); Victory Garden (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lakewood.

Photographed by Leslie Eudy, October 21, 2025

2. The 1920s and 1930s Family Farms Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2025, by Leslie Eudy of Golden, Colorado. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2025, by Leslie Eudy of Golden, Colorado. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.