The City of Englewood is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 33,659 at the 2020 United States Census. Englewood is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Englewood is located suddenly south of Denver in the South Platte River Valley.

The recorded chronicles of Englewood began in 1858, when gold was discovered on what came to be called Little Dry Creek by William Green Russell, an in front settler of the High Plains. Two years later, Thomas Skerritt, considered to be the founder of the city, established a house in the area, which was called Orchard Place. Four years later, the first road connecting Denver and Orchard area was created by Skerritt himself, using his own plough. In 1879, the first telephone arrived in the area.

In 1883, the Cherrelyn horsecar path was laid. The Cherrelyn trolley was and is an important city icon, being carried up Broadway by horse and beside by gravity. The city was incorporated in 1903, but Skerritt was edged out by J.C. Jones as the first city mayor. Jones was a prominent landowner, having originally owned almost everything of what is now north Englewood. The next-door two years brought the commencement of the first newspaper in the city, soon to be named the Herald. In 1905, Swedish National Sanitorium was founded, soon to become the loud present-day Swedish Medical Center. The first pavement and street lights were installed in 1906, and a year later, the police and flare departments were established. In 1908, the Cherrelyn horse trolley stopped running.

A great period of change for the city occurred in 1948; 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) on the Platte Canyon were purchased, and soon McLellan Reservoir was created. This ensured water independence from the powerful Denver Water, and in fact, Englewood provides water to most of the south metro area now due to its vast, early acknowledged water rights. Soon after, the city embarked upon a huge building boom; most of the city was in try of fact built taking place by 1960.