Boulder, Colorado

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The city of Boulder is located in Boulder County and is the county seat.

Boulder was incorporated November 4, 1871.

The community of Boulder is 1,600 feet [487.68 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Boulder lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Boulder can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Boulder had a population of 94,673 people^<3> (or 34.85% of the total population of Boulder County). The population of Boulder represented 2.2% of the total of Colorado, making it the state's 9th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Boulder had a population of 94,171 people. This is a decrease of 0.53% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Boulder.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arvada	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	107,361	5.1% increase
	Broomfield	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	54,858	43.34% increase
	Golden	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	17,321	0.94% increase
	Lafayette	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	25,065	8.05% increase
	Longmont	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	85,928	20.87% increase
	Louisville	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	19,133	1.04% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Boulder.

Websites for Boulder

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Boulder. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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