Bark Ranch is an
unincorporated community
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and a
census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by
Boulder County,
Colorado
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,
United States
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. The Bark Ranch CDP encompasses the Bar-K Ranch housing community. The CDP is a part of the
Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Bark Ranch CDP was 202 at the
United States Census 2020.
The Jamestown
post office
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(
Zip Code 80481) serves the area.
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Geography
Bar-K Ranch is located in west central Boulder County in the Front Range
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of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It is situated on a ridge west of Jamestown and south of South St. Vrain Creek. Overland Road forms the northern edge of the community, leading east to Jamestown and Altona and west to State Highway 72, the Peak to Peak Highway.
The Bark Ranch CDP has an area of , including of water.[
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Demographics
The United States Census Bureau
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initially defined the for the
See also
* Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
* Front Range Urban Corridor
*List of census-designated places in Colorado
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* List of populated places in Colorado
References
External links
State of Colorado
History ColoradoBar-K AssociationBar-K Ranch community pageBoulder County website
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Census-designated places in Boulder County, Colorado
Census-designated places in Colorado
Denver metropolitan area