Filing I Boundaries
Fox Hill Filing I has 97 homes within its boundaries.
Welcome to Fox Hill Subdivision Filing I in Longmont, Colorado. We are a covenant-controlled community governed by the Board of Directors of the Fox Hill Filing I Homeowners Association. The covenants preserve and help to enhance the character and property values that have made the subdivision a premier Longmont residential neighborhood for more than 40 years. We believe our community is special and hope those seeking home ownership here are pleased by what they find.
How Longmont Came to Be. In 1870, a group of prominent men in Chicago decided to start a new town in Colorado called the “Chicago-Colorado Colony.” They sold memberships in the new town and raised enough money to pay for 60,000 acres of land. They planned the town, purchased the materials to build it, built it, and named it “Longmont” in honor of “Longs Peak.”
The area had rich soil and since the colony had planned and built irrigation ditches there was water to grow crops of wheat, fruits trees, and peas. Business boomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s with the introduction of flour mills, the Empson vegetable cannery, and The Great Western Sugar Company. Immigrants and farmers came to Longmont from around the world.
How Fox Hill Came to Be. The land currently known as Fox Hill was a cattle feedlot owned by Louie and Mannie Karsh. Phil Skrbina, a local developer, purchased the lot in the 1970s. The Fox Hill Country Club opened in late 1972 and in June 1973 home construction began. Many current homeowners have been here since the neighborhood’s beginnings and can tell wonderful stories.
How Longmont and Fox Hill Came to Grow. By 1950, Longmont had grown to 8,000 people. The economy had shifted from agriculture to high tech. The Air Traffic Control Center was built in 1962 and IBM put down roots in 1965. By 1970, Longmont had grown to 23,000 people, then 43,000 in 1980, and, according to the United States Census Bureau, 94,341 as of July 2017.
