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Boulder City
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city in Clark County, Nevada, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark
- Founded
- 1931 ; 95 years ago ( 1931 )
- Incorporated
- January 4, 1960 ; 66 years ago ( 1960-01-04 )
- Named after
- Boulder Canyon
- Type
- Council Manager
- Mayor
- Joe Hardy ( R )
- Mayor pro tem
- Sherri Jorgensen
- City council
- Cokie Booth , Denise Ashurst , Steve Walton
- City manager
- Ned Thomas
- Total
- 208.30 sq mi (539.49 km )
- Land
- 208.26 sq mi (539.40 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 2,510 ft (765 m)
- Density
- 71/sq mi (27.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 (PST)
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (PDT)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Boulder City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Clark County
- Population
- 14885
- Area
- 0.083408
- Elevation
- 765
- Body of water
- Colorado River
- Official website
- www.bcnv.org
- Image
- Boulder-hotel.jpg
- Households
- 6556
- Dialing code
- 725
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- inception
- 1931-00-00
- Commons category
- Boulder City, Nevada
- topic's main category
- Category:Boulder City, Nevada
- postal code
- 89006
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Boulder City, Nevada
- P8168
- Cotacachi
- water as percent of area
- 0.0154
- per capita income
- 35417
- native label
- Boulder City
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Encyclopedic overview
Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. The city took its name from Boulder Canyon. Boulder City is one of only two places in Nevada that prohibits gambling, the other being the town of Panaca.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boulder City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.