Columbine, Colorado Columbine, Colorado Columbine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Arapahoe and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Located mostly in Jefferson County, it lies immediately west of Littleton. The population was 24,280 at the 2010 census. Columbine High School, made infamous by the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999, is located in the community. The ZIP codes for the community are 80123 and 80128. Columbine is located on the eastern edge of Jefferson County at (39.587887, -105.069332), with a small portion extending east into Arapahoe County. Columbine is bordered to the east by Littleton and Columbine Valley,
Columbine (book) tenth anniversary of the massacre, which occurred on April 20, 1999. The book spent eight weeks on "The New York Times" bestseller list in the spring of 2009, peaking at #3. The book gained considerable media attention for addressing many of the so-called Columbine myths widely taken for granted. According to the book, the massacre had nothing to do with school bullying, jocks, the Gothic subculture, Marilyn Manson or the Trench Coat Mafia. Cullen also writes that the attack was intended primarily as a bombing rather than a school shooting, and that Harris and Klebold intended to perpetrate the worst