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Wheat Ridge

The City of Wheat Ridge is a home rule municipality in , , . Wheat Ridge is located immediately west of and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: Town with 30,700 residents
  • Description: city in Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
  • Also known as: “Wheat Ridge, CO”, “Wheat Ridge, Colorado”, “Wheatridge”, and “Wheatridge, Colorado”
  • Postal codes: 80033 and 80034

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lakeside Amusement Park and Elitch Theatre.

Theme park
is a family-owned amusement park in , adjacent to Denver. Opened in 1908, it is the oldest amusement park in Colorado still operating in its original location, and is the lone remaining White City park in the United States. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wheat Ridge.

Theater building
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The Historic is a summer stock theatre located at the original Elitch Gardens site in northwest Denver, Colorado. Opened in 1890, it was Denver's first professional theatre, serving as the home to America's first and oldest summer-stock theatre company from 1893 until the 1960s. is situated 1½ miles east of Wheat Ridge.

Park
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is a 242-acre recreation area operated by Jefferson County Open Space in unincorporated . The park is located between the cities of Wheat Ridge and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mountain View and Lakeside.

Village
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The Town of is a home rule municipality located in , , United States. is situated west of, and adjacent to, the .

Village
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The Town of is a statutory town in , , United States. The town population was 16 at the 2020 United States census, making the least populous municipality in .

Town
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The City of is a home rule city located in , , United States. The city population was 5,005 at the 2020 United States census. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Wheat Ridge.

Wheat Ridge

Latitude
39.7661° or 39° 45′ 58″ north
Longitude
-105.07721° or 105° 4′ 38″ west
Population
30,700
Elevation
5,459 feet (1,664 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WQE
Open location code
85FPQW8F+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151710268
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5443948
Wiki­data ID
Q994465
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wheat Ridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويت ريدج”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uit-Ridj”
  • Basque: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Bulgarian: “Уийт Ридж”
  • Catalan: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Cebuano: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Chechen: “Вит-Ридж”
  • Chinese: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Chinese: “懷特魯治市”
  • Chinese: “麥嶺”
  • Chinese: “麦岭”
  • Danish: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Dutch: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويت ريدج”
  • French: “Wheat Ridge”
  • German: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Gilaki: “ویت ریج (کؤلؤرادؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “ویت ریج”
  • Haitian: “Wheat Ridge, Kolorado”
  • Haitian: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Hungarian: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Irish: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Italian: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Japanese: “ウィートリッジ”
  • Japanese: “ホイート・リッジ”
  • Japanese: “ホィートリッジ”
  • Kazakh: “Уит Ридж”
  • Kirghiz: “Уит Ридж”
  • Korean: “휘트 리지”
  • Korean: “휘트리지”
  • Ladin: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Mazanderani: “ویت ریدج”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Newari: “व्हिट रीज (कोलोर्याडो)”
  • Newari: “व्हिट रीज, कोलोर्याडो”
  • Newari: “व्हिट रीज”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Norwegian: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Persian: “ویت ریدج، کلرادو”
  • Persian: “ویت ریدج”
  • Polish: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Portuguese: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Russian: “Уит-Ридж”
  • Serbian: “Вит Риџ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wheat Ridge, Colorado”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Slovenian: “Wheat Ridge”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویت ریدج، کولورادو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویت ریدج”
  • Spanish: “Wheat Ridge (Colorado)”
  • Spanish: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Swedish: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Tatar: “Вит-Ридж”
  • Turkish: “Wheat Ridge, Colorado”
  • Turkish: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Ukrainian: “Віт-Ридж”
  • Urdu: “ویٹ ریج، کولوراڈو”
  • Urdu: “ویٹ ریج”
  • Uzbek: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Vietnamese: “Wheat Ridge, Colorado”
  • Vietnamese: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Volapük: “Wheat Ridge”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wheat Ridge, Colorado”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wheat Ridge”
  • Welsh: “Wheat Ridge, Colorado”
  • Welsh: “Wheat Ridge”

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