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Louisville
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home rule city in Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Boulder County
- City
- Louisville
- Incorporated
- June 3, 1882
- Type
- Home rule municipality
- Mayor
- Chris Leh
- Total
- 8.07 sq mi (20.89 km )
- Land
- 7.95 sq mi (20.60 km )
- Water
- 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km )
- Elevation
- 5,401 ft (1,646 m)
- Density
- 2,669/sq mi (1,030/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Zip codes
- 80027-80028
- Area codes
- 303 , 720
- Fips code
- 08-46355
- Highways
- US 36 , SH 42 , Northwest Parkway NW Parkway
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The City of Louisville (/ˈluːɪsvɪl/ ) is a home rule municipality located in southeastern Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 21,226 at the 2020 United States census. Louisville began as a mining community in 1877, experienced a period of labor violence early in the 20th century, and transitioned to a suburban residential community when the mines closed in the 1950s.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Louisville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.