Place:Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States

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NameBoulder
TypeCity
Coordinates40.0°N 105.267°W
Located inBoulder, Colorado, United States     (1858 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Columbia Cemetery ( 1870 - )
Green Mountain Cemetery
Mountain View Memorial Park
Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery
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Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.[1] The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States Census,[2] making it the 12th most populous city in Colorado. Boulder is the principal city of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and an important part of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of above sea level. Boulder is northwest of the Colorado state capital of Denver. It is home of the main campus of the University of Colorado, the state's largest university.

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History

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On November 7, 1861, the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation to locate the University of Colorado in Boulder. On September 20, 1875, the first cornerstone was laid for the first building (Old Main) on the CU campus. The university officially opened on September 5, 1877.

In 1907, Boulder adopted an anti-saloon ordinance. Statewide prohibition started in Colorado in 1916 and ended with the repeal of national prohibition in 1933.

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