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Conserved land3.3%65 of 1,988 acres
Trails17 mi5.6 mi per sq mi
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Home-rule city in Gilpin County, Colorado, USA
1859Established
127Population
2.7 sq miArea
8,537 ftElevation

Black Hawk is a home rule city located in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The population was 127 at the 2020 United States census, making it the least populous city (but not town) in Colorado. It was a mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and is now a part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Black Hawk is located adjacent to Central City, another historic mining settlement in Gregory Gulch. The two cities form the federally designated Central City/Black Hawk National Historic District. The area flourished during the mining boom of the late 19th century following the construction of mills an…

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ZIP code80422
Area code303
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Black Hawk has fewer than 1,000 residents. At that size one or two incidents swing the numbers so much that a grade wouldn't be fair, so we show the counts instead.

Violent11
Property185
Reported in 2025196
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Boulder Community HealthBoulder · 19.9 mi · ER
Clinica Family Health - Gilpin CountyBlack Hawk · 2.7 mi · sliding-scale fees
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Mental healthShortage · county-wide
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