Boulder City, Nevada

Clark County

32-06500

Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It lies on the border with Arizona near the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, about 30 miles from Las Vegas. Boulder City has with the Boulder City Municipal Airport has its own airport. The origin owes the construction of the Hoover Dam. In the United States Census 2000, the city had including the County with a population of 14,966 people.

History

Boulder City was originally built by the Bureau of Reclamation to serve as a settlement for the workers who built the Hoover Dam and was designed by landscape architect Saco DeBoer Rienk. The sale of alcohol, membership of trade unions and all forms of gambling were banned in the city. The Bureau issued from the control of the city until 1958. Boulder City was officially established as a town on January 4, 1960, the City Council appointed Robert N. Broadbent for the first mayor. The statutes of the city, which was accepted by the inhabitants, prohibits gambling within the city limits ( the scheme still exists, and Boulder City, making it next to Panaca the only other locality in Nevada where gambling is illegal ). The sale of alcohol was allowed in 1969.

Geography

The city has a total area of ​​524.9 km ², up to 100 acres of land only. Boulder City, making it the city with the largest area in Nevada and 35th in the United States. Boulder City maintains its growth under strict control, and issued more than 120 building permits per year. Hotels maximum of 35 rooms.

Climate data

Demography

In Census 2000 14.966 inhabitants were counted living in 6,385 households and 4,277 families. The population density was 28.5 / km ². There were 6,979 housing units at an average density of 13.3 / km ². The population consisted of 94.54 % White, 0.71% African American, 0.72% Native American descent, 0.71 % Asian, 0.16 % Pacific Islanders, 1.27% are from a different race and 1.88 % said to be descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino were 4:34 % of the population.

In 23.6 % of households were living children under the age of 18 and 55.8 % of households are married couples living together, 7.4% of households had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0 % of households were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made ​​up of individuals and one person lived in 13.1% of all households aged 65 years or over only. The average household size was 2.3 and the average family size is 2.79 people.

The age structure of the population consisted of 20.4% under 18, 5.3 % aged 18 to 24, 21.3% 25-44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% were 65 years old or older. The average age was 47 years. For every 100 females 97.8 males. At the age 18 and over, the ratio was 100 females to 96.0 males.

The average income per household was $ 50,523, and the median income for a family was U.S. $ 60 641. Males had a median income of $ 42 041 U.S., which was the women's 30 385 U.S. $. The per capita income was U.S. $ 29 770. About 4.7 % of families and 6.7 % of the population were below the poverty line, in the age group of under-18s this applied 9.4% and in the group of those who were 65 years of age or older, were 5, 3% affected.

City ​​council

Boulder City has a special statute and the management is handled by a five-member City Council, to which the mayor belongs, who chairs the City Council. The City Council appoints a City Manager, who carries out the decisions and directives of the city council.

Leisure

Boulder City has two golf courses: the "Boulder Creek Golf Course " and the " Cascata Golf Course". In addition, a swimming pool, tennis courts, sports courts and extensive walking trails. The first municipal aerodrome Nevada allows takeoffs and landings of private aircraft, skydiving and sightseeing flights to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon.

Education

Boulder City has four public schools. The Boulder City High School visit 700-750 students in grades 9 to 12, the Garrett Middle School serves grades 6-8, King Elementary School has Grades 3 to 5 and the Mitchell Elementary School covers the lowest grade levels. In Boulder City, there is also a branch of the Community College of Southern Nevada.

Attractions

The proximity of the Hoover Dam is reflected in the center of Boulder City; the Boulder Dam Hotel is named after the former name of the dam and is home to the Boulder City / Hoover Dam Museum. ( Also, the local Chamber of Commerce uses the dam for advertising and the city organized annually in a short film festival, which bears the name Dam Short Film Festival).

Other attractions include:

• Alan Bible Botanical Garden
• Lake Mead
• Bootleg Canyon

Sons and daughters of the town

• Deanna Brooks, Playboy Playmate of May 1998