Ward, Colorado
Ward, Colorado | |
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Location of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado. | |
| Coordinates: 40°4′20″N 105°30′50″W / 40.07222°N 105.51389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Boulder County |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Incorporated | June 9, 1896 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home rule municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,884 m (9,462 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 128 |
| • Density | 116.08/km2 (300.37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80481 |
| Area code | 303 |
| FIPS code | 08-82735 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413449 |
| Website | www |
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.