Boulder Creek, California

Boulder Creek
Looking north from Highway 9 at the Boulder Creek Hardware building and the 70-foot long painted mural by John Ton, depicting two phases of the community's history.
Looking north from Highway 9 at the Boulder Creek Hardware building and the 70-foot long painted mural by John Ton, depicting two phases of the community's history.
Nicknames: 
Emerald of the San Lorenzo, Phoenix of the Mountains, "Dodge City" of California
Map
Interactive map outlining Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek is located in California
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek
Location within California
Boulder Creek is located in the United States
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek
Location within the United States
Boulder Creek is located in North America
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek
Location within North America
Boulder Creek is located in Earth
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek (Earth)
Coordinates: 37°7′53″N 122°7′28″W / 37.13139°N 122.12444°W / 37.13139; -122.12444
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySanta Cruz
Founded1868[1]
Named forBoulder Creek
Government
 • BodyBoard of Supervisors
 • Supervisor[2]Bruce McPherson (I)
 • Assembly Member[3][4]Gail Pellerin (D)
 • State Senator[4]John Laird (D)
 • United States Representative[5][6]Jimmy Panetta (D)
Area
 • Total7.51 sq mi (19.46 km2)
 • Land7.51 sq mi (19.46 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)  0%
Elevation479 ft (146 m)
Highest elevation
2,694 ft (821 m)
Lowest elevation
324 ft (99 m)
Population
 • Total5,429
 • Density722.71/sq mi (279.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC–08:00 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC–07:00 (PDT)
ZIP code
95006
Area code831
FIPS code06-07652
GNIS feature ID277478

Boulder Creek (/ˈbəʊl.dər ˈkrk/) is a small rural mountain community in the coastal Santa Cruz Mountains. It is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, with a population of 5,429 as of the 2020 census. Throughout its history, Boulder Creek has been home to a logging town and a resort community, as well as a counter-culture haven. Today, it is identified as the gateway to Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

  1. ^ "Boulder Creek: The end of the line's beginning". PressBanner. Retrieved August 1, 2022. "We use the year 1868 as the year of Boulder Creek's founding," said Lynda Phillips, the executive director of San Lorenzo Valley Historical Museum. While people were here before that and the railroad came after, 1868 is when the first school was built. "And we decided what really makes a town a town is when people decide this is where to raise and educate their children," Phillips explained.
  2. ^ "Board of Supervisors". County of Santa Cruz. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Members Assembly". California State Assembly. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  5. ^ "Directory of Representatives". U.S. House of Representatives.
  6. ^ "California's 19th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Boulder Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "QuickFacts: Boulder Creek, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 1, 2022.