ZIP Code 80481
About Ward
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 northwest of Boulder at an elevation of 9,450 feet (2,880 m) above sea level.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
477
population
$92,105
median household income
11
people / sq mi
$551,500
median home value
$1,917
median gross rent
42.8
median age
471
housing units
224
households
43.7
land area (sq mi)
Key places in 80481
- Bald Mountain nature
- Bueno Mountain nature
- Mount Audubon nature
- Overland Mountain nature
- Atlantic Mine historic
- Queen Mine historic