Cole (Denver, Colorado)

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The Cole neighborhood became part of the City under the Territorial Session Laws of 1874. More than half of the residential blocks were developed prior to 1900. By 1930, it was fully developed. Most of the neighborhood consists single-family housing units. The pattern of development generally occurred from southwest to northeast.

Cole Junior High School, the neighborhood's focal point, and the neighborhood were named for Carlos M. Cole, who as Superintendent of Denver's Public Schools, was instrumental in establishing junior high schools in Denver. Russell Square Park is in the northeast part of the neighborhood.

In the year 2000, the racial breakdown if the neighborhood was 5.95% non-Hispanic white, 21.3% African American, 70.98% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Native American, and 0.28% Asian.