Ballard may refer to:

People

* Ballard (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)

Places

Australia

Ballard, Queensland Ballard is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ballard had a population of 151 people. Geography Ballard is located east from the Toowoomba city centre. History The locality, historically known as '' ...

, a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region

Ireland

* Ballard, Ardnurcher, a townland in Ardnurcher civil parish, barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath *

Ballard, County Clare Ballard () is a townland in west County Clare, Ireland. It is on the N67 national secondary road between the urban areas of Doonbeg and Kilkee. The nearest large towns are Kilrush and Kilkee, which are approximately 10 and 5 miles away, res ...

, a townland *

Ballard, Portloman Ballard is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about north–west of Mullingar. Ballard is one of 8 townlands of the civil parish of Portloman in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers . The n ...

, a townland in Portloman civil parish, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath * Ballard, Rathconrath, a townland in

Rathconrath Rathconrath () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is situated on the R392 regional road west of Mullingar. Rathconrath is also one of the baronies in Co. Westmeath, see list of baronies of Ireland. Public transport Bus Éirean ...

civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath

United Kingdom

Ballard Down Ballard Down is an area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in the English county of Dorset. The hills meet the English Channel here, and Ballard Down forms a headland, Ballard Point, between Studland Bay to the north and Swanage Bay to the ...

, an area in Dorset, England *

Ballard, County Armagh Ballard () is a townland on the upper slopes of Slieve Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the parish of Killevy, Barony of Orior Upper and the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.'' It is bordered by the townlands o ...

, a townland in Northern Ireland

United States

Ballard, California Ballard is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California. The town of Ballard is one of the communities that make up the Santa Ynez Valley. The nearest city is Solvang. The population was 467 at the 2010 census. Ballard is the sma ...

, a town in the Santa Ynez Valley * Ballard, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Ballard, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Bates County * Ballard, Seattle, a neighborhood that was once a city before being annexed by Seattle, Washington * Ballard, Utah, a town in Uintah County * Ballard, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Monroe County *

Ballard County, Kentucky Ballard County is a county located in the extreme west portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,728. Its county seat is Wickliffe. The county was created by the Kentucky State Legislature in 1842 and ...

Ballardvale, Massachusetts Ballardvale (sometimes written archaically as ''BallardVale'' or ''Ballard Vale'') is a village located within the boundaries of the town of Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Growing originally in the 19th century around mills ...

, a village in the town of Andover, Essex County

Schools

* Ballard High School (Louisville), Kentucky, US * Ballard High School (Seattle), Washington, US *

Ballard Community School District Ballard Community School District is a rural public K-12 school district in Story County, Iowa. It includes areas in Story, Boone, and Polk counties, and the towns of Huxley, Slater, Cambridge and Kelley. The School mascot is The Bomber Pla ...

, Iowa, US

Other uses

Ballard Power Systems Ballard Power Systems Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell products for markets such as heavy-duty motive (consisting of bus and tram applications), portable power, material handling as well as engineer ...

, noted for their fuel cell research * USS ''Ballard'' (DD-267), a ''Clemson''-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1945 *

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) is a public museum of puppetry operated by the University of Connecticut and located in Storrs, Connecticut. Overview The Ballard houses one of the three largest puppetry collections in the Un ...

, in Storrs, Connecticut