Boulder City, Boulder County, Colorado (CO)

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Boulder County, Colorado

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Boulder City Hall is located at 1777 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302.
Phone: 303‑441‑3388.


Boulder County Poor Farm

Beginnings [1]

Gold seekers established the first non-native settlement in Boulder County on October 17, 1858 at Red Rocks near the entrance to Boulder Canyon. Less than a year later, on February 10, 1859, the Boulder City Town Company was organized by A. A. Brookfield, the first president, and 56 shareholders. 4,044 lots were laid out at a purchase price of $1,000 each, a price that was later lowered in order to attract more residents.

Neighborhoods

  • Alpine Place Condos
  • Amberwood
  • Appleridge Park
  • Applewood
  • Arapahoe Court
  • Arapahoe Ridge
  • Arapahoe Ridge
  • Arapahoe Run
  • Arapahoe West
  • Arastoga Condos
  • Arete Condos
  • Aspen Grove
  • Aurora Terrace
  • Bari-Don Knolls
  • Baseline
  • Baseline Towers
  • Bear Creek
  • Beckers
  • Bellevue Heights
  • Bellevue Hills
  • Bellevue Park
  • Bellview Hills
  • Benson
  • Betty Boop
  • Birchwood Drive Condos
  • Blacksmith Condos
  • Boulder East
  • Boulder Heights
  • Bouler Old Town
  • Bow Mountain
  • Bramford Condos
  • Brandon Creek
  • Briarwood Condos
  • Bridgford Place Condos
  • Brierley Orchard Condos
  • Broad Acres
  • Brookfield
  • Brynwyck
  • Buckingham Green
  • Buckingham Hills
  • Buckingham Ridge
  • Buena Vista Heights
  • Canterbury Acres
  • Canyon Center
  • Capitol Hill Addition
  • Carlson Court
  • Carolyn Heights
  • Carr
  • Carriage Hills Estates
  • Carrie
  • Carsons
  • Casa Eldorado Condos
  • Cedar Creek
  • Centennial Meadows
  • Centennial Trails
  • Center Green Heights
  • Chateau Montagne
  • Chateau Village
  • Chautauqua Heights
  • Cherry Hills
  • Cheyenne Village
  • Clarks
  • Clay Commons
  • Clemens Estate Condos
  • Cottages at Wonderland Lake
  • Country Club Estates
  • Country Club Greens
  • Country Club Park
  • Country Estates
  • Country Meadows
  • Crescent Condos
  • Crestmoor
  • Crestview Estates
  • Crown Court Condos
  • Culver
  • Cunningham Farm
  • Dakota Ridge
  • Dawn
  • Deer Ridge Park
  • Del Mar
  • Del Rosa
  • Devils Thumb
  • Eagle View Estates
  • East End Condos
  • East Ridge
  • Eden East Condos
  • Edgewood
  • Edwards
  • Eldorado Springs
  • Ertl Farm
  • Evergreen
  • Fairview Acres
  • Fairview Estates
  • Fairview Ridge
  • Fairway Court Condos
  • Finchwood
  • Flatirons Park
  • Flatirons Vista
  • Flintlock
  • Floral Park
  • Foothills
  • Foothills Ranch
  • Forest Glen
  • Fountain Greens
  • Four Maple Condos
  • Four Mile Canyon
  • Four Mile Creek
  • Four Mile Ranch
  • Frasier Meadows
  • Freedom
  • Gapter
  • Garden Homes
  • Geneva Park
  • Githens Acres
  • Glen Cove Condos
  • Glenwood Gardens
  • Gold Hill
  • Gold Run Condos
  • Goose Creek Condos
  • Goss Grove
  • Gould
  • Grandview Heights
  • Grapewood
  • Green Meadows
  • Greenbelt Meadows
  • Greenstones
  • Greenwich
  • Gregory Creek Condos
  • Grove Creek Condos
  • Gunbarrel Greens
  • Gunbarrel North
  • Gunbarrel Ridge
  • Gunbarrel Square
  • Gwen
  • Harvard
  • Hawthorne Park
  • Hawthorne Village
  • Hayden
  • Heatherwood
  • Heritage Manor Condos
  • High Meadows
  • High Street Lofts
  • Highland Lawn
  • Highland Park
  • Hillcrest
  • Hilltop Park Condos
  • Historic Broadland Condos
  • Holiday
  • Holmes Place
  • Homestead
  • Horizon Way
  • Horizon West Condos
  • Hudson
  • Hunsinger
  • Hunter Creek Condos
  • Huntington Point Condos
  • Hyview
  • Indian Hills
  • Indian Hills Replat A
  • Interurban Park
  • Iris Hollow Condos
  • Iron Flats
  • Ironwood Condos
  • Island Greens
  • Kalmia Court Condos
  • Kalmia Meadows
  • Kalmia Terrace
  • Keewaydin Meadows
  • Keeywaydin Cottages
  • Keller Farm
  • Kings Ridge Condos
  • Kiwi
  • Knollwood Greens
  • Knollwood Village
  • Lafayette
  • Lake of The Pines
  • Lakeshore Estates
  • Lakeshore Park
  • Landmark Lofts
  • Lark Meadows
  • Lee Hill
  • Lhasa Lane
  • Linden Court Condos
  • Linden Meadow
  • Linden Park
  • Lofts at One Boulder Plaza
  • Logan Mill
  • Lookout Ridge
  • Lumry Estates
  • Macarthur Park
  • Majestic Heights
  • Manhattan Condos
  • Mapleton Court Condos
  • Mapleton Hill
  • Mapleton Park
  • Mapleton Place Condos
  • Mapleton Terrace
  • Martin Acres
  • Martin Acres
  • Martin Homesteads
  • Maxwell Park Condos
  • Maxwell Place Condos
  • Mcnair Meadows
  • Mcsorleys
  • Meadow Glen
  • Meadow Trail
  • Meadows on the Parkway Condos
  • Melody Heights
  • Meredith Park Condos
  • Montclair Court Condos
  • Moores
  • Moss Rock Ridge
  • Mountain Heights
  • Mountain Park
  • Mountain Ridge
  • Mountain Shadows
  • Mountain Terrace
  • Mountain Terrace
  • Mtunzini
  • Newland Court Condos
  • Noble Park Commons
  • Noble Park Village
  • North Point Condos
  • Northbriar Estates
  • Northbrook
  • Northcreek
  • Northern Lights Condos
  • Northfield Commons
  • Northfield Village
  • Northgate Condos
  • Northstar Place Condos
  • Northwoods
  • Norwood Park
  • Olde Stage Settlement
  • Olde Victorian Condos
  • One Boulder Plaza
  • One Penn Place
  • Onyx Condos
  • Orange Orchard
  • Orchard Creek
  • Orchard Home
  • Painted Ladies Condos
  • Palo Park
  • Panorama Heights
  • Panorama Park
  • Paragon Estates
  • Park East
  • Park East Square
  • Park Gables
  • Parkside
  • Parsons Park
  • Patterman
  • Paul Nor Estates
  • Pawnee Meadow
  • Pearl Street Condos
  • Pearl Street Cove
  • Pearl Street Lofts
  • Peloton
  • Pendleton Square Condos
  • Peppertree
  • Peppertree Condos
  • Perkins Place
  • Phillips
  • Pine Brook Hills
  • Pine Needle Notch
  • Pine Street
  • Pine Street
  • Pinewood Condos
  • Pinon Glen Condos
  • Pleasant Ridge
  • Pleasant View Knoll
  • Pleasure Terrace
  • Plum Creek
  • Point of Pines
  • Ponderosa Addition
  • Poplar Place
  • Poppys
  • Portal Village
  • Portland Place Condos
  • Powderhorn Condos
  • Promontory North
  • Quince Garden
  • Razzleberry Hill
  • Red Fox Hills
  • Red Rocks Park Condos
  • Redwood Nine
  • Redwood Terrace Condos
  • Remington Post Condos
  • Residences at The Flatirons
  • Ridglea Hills
  • Rittenhouse Condos
  • Robinsons
  • Rolling Hills
  • Rose Hill
  • Roxwood Court
  • Rustic Knolls
  • Saddle Club Acres
  • Saddle Club Estates
  • Sagecrest
  • Salina
  • San Marco South
  • Sanitas Terrace
  • Seasons Condominiums
  • Seasons Condos
  • Seven Hills
  • Shady Creek Condos
  • Shambhala
  • Shanahan Ridge
  • Shanahan Trail
  • Shannon Estates
  • Sierra Antigua
  • Silver Maple
  • Silver Springs
  • Snug Harbor
  • Solar Six Condos
  • Sombrero Ranch
  • South Creek
  • South Light Condos
  • Spackmans
  • Spanish Hills
  • Spanish Towers
  • Spring Creek Place
  • Spring Valley Estates
  • Spruce Street Plaza
  • Squires Addition
  • Steel Yards Condos
  • Stonegate
  • Stonewall Place Condos
  • Stratford Park
  • Studio Mews Condos
  • Sugarloaf Acres
  • Sundance
  • Sunnypoint Condos
  • Sunridge
  • Sunrise Court
  • Sunset Hills
  • Sunshine Canyon
  • Tabriz Flats
  • Talisman
  • Tall Timbers
  • Tantra Lake Condos
  • Teller Grove
  • The Arete
  • The Downtowner Condos
  • Trout Farms
  • Twin Lakes
  • University Place
  • Vistoso Condos
  • Wagoner Manor
  • Walker Ranch
  • Walnut Creek
  • Walnut Grove Condos
  • Walnut Street Condos
  • Walpole
  • Washington Village
  • Waterstone
  • Wellington Gardens
  • Wellman Creek
  • West Marine Street Condos
  • West Quince
  • West Rose Hill
  • Westwood
  • Westwood Condos
  • White Hawk Ranch
  • Whittier Place Condos
  • Whittier Square Condos
  • Wild Plum Valley
  • Wildflower Ranch
  • Wildwood
  • William Martin Homestead
  • Willow Brook Condos
  • Willow Glen
  • Willow Green
  • Willow Park
  • Willow Springs
  • Willowbrook Condos
  • Willowridge Park
  • Wilson Heights
  • Wimbledon Condos
  • Windham Park
  • Winding Trail
  • Winding Trail Village
  • Winds Condos
  • Wineglass
  • Wolff House Condos
  • Wonderland Creek
  • Wonderland Gardens
  • Wonderland Hill
  • Wonderland Hills
  • Wonderland Meadows
  • Woodland Court
  • Yarmouth Park

Competition among Boulder County settlements for new residents and businesses was intense. As a mining supply town, Boulder residents were more settled than in the mining camps. Economic stability was a necessity and residents encouraged the establishment of railroad service, hospital and school buildings, and a stable town government.

Boulder's first schoolhouse was built in 1860 at the southwest corner of Walnut and 15th Street, the first in the territory. Also in 1860 a group of Boulder residents began lobbying to have the University of Colorado located in Boulder. By 1874 Boulder had won the designation, secured a donated 44.9 acre site and raised $15,000 to match a similar grant by the state legislature.

The first Post Office was established in 1860; the telegraph became available in 1874; a hospital was built in 1873; a water system was installed in 1874; and the first bank was built in 1874.

City government was formalized on November 4, 1871 when the town of Boulder was incorporated. The first mayor, Jacob Ellison, was elected for a two month term in 1878.

The initial residential area was located in what is now downtown and in some parts of Goss/Grove, Whittier and Mapleton Hill neighborhoods.

By 1905 the economy was faltering and Boulder counted heavily on tourism to boost its fortunes; however, Boulder had no first class hotel to attract summer visitors and group meetings. By 1906 a subscription drive had raised money to begin construction. The first event at the new hotel was a reception for Boulderites, held on December 30, 1908, and the Hotel Boulderado opened to the public for business on January 1, 1909.

  1. City of Boulder, Colorado, History of Boulder, www.bouldercolorado.gov, accessed August, 2011.

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