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Also known as Ward, Colorado, Ward, CO

town in Colorado, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Colorado
County
Boulder County
Incorporated
June 9, 1896
Type
Home rule municipality
Total
0.54 sq mi (1.39 km )
Land
0.54 sq mi (1.39 km )
Water
0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation
9,462 ft (2,884 m)
Density
300.6/sq mi (116.08/km )
Time zone
UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
Summer dst
UTC-6 ( MDT )
Fips code
08-82735
Website
www .ward-co .org

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Ward
Population
128
Area
1.487917
Elevation
2880
Image
Ward CO.jpg
Households
50
Dialing code
303
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Commons category
Ward, Colorado
postal code
80481
inception
1860-00-00
water as percent of area
0.2373
water area
0.003531
per capita income
27555
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Ward is a home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 128 at the 2020 census. The town is a former mining settlement founded in 1860 in the wake of the discovery of gold at nearby Gold Hill. Once one of the richest towns in the state during the Colorado Gold Rush, it is located on a mountainside at the top of Left Hand Canyon, near the Peak to Peak Highway (State Highway 72) northwest of Boulder at an elevation of 9,450 feet (2,880 m) above sea level.

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