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Westminster is a city located in both Adams County, Colorado and Jefferson County, Colorado and is a suburb of the city of Denver. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 107,363. In July, 2006, it was ranked as the #24 best place to live in the USA.

Gold discovery on Little Dry Creek in 1858 brought national attention to the area that would become Westminster, Colorado. The promise of fortune and the Land Act of 1862 encouraged many settlers from the east to make Colorado their home instead of heading on to California. Before the settlements came, wildlife like antelope and buffalo made their homes in this area. There is also evidence of Arapaho Indians near the Crown Point (Gregory Hill) area.

After the first permanent settler, Pleasant DeSpain, built his home in 1870 on 160 acres (near what is now 76th and Lowell), the area became known as DeSpain Junction and began attracting other settlers including horse breeder Edward Bruce Bowles who was instrumental in constructing the town's train depot in 1881. In 1885, Connecticut real estate developer C.J.Harris arrived in DeSpain Junction and began buying up land. Soon the town was renamed Harris, but was also known as Harris Park.

In 1891, construction began on the Westminster Castle, which was to become "The Princeton of the West" and can still be seen today at 83rd and Federal. By 1911, the town had incorporated and was renamed one final time to Westminster, in honor of Westminster University.