Ault

History

First called High Land, the town's name was changed to Burgdorff Siding, sometimes called Bergdorf Switch (after a railroad worker, who died in an accident). The Ault, Colorado, post office opened on March 29, 1898. The town was named after Alexander Ault, a Fort Collins, Colorado resident and owner of a flour mill. Mr. Ault had helped to avert financial disaster to the agricultural base by purchasing the entire grain harvest during a year of severe economic hardship. The Town of Berdorf was incorporated on August 26, 1901, but was renamed the Town of Ault in 1904. Much of the residential area of the town, as well as surrounding farmland, is on land given by the United States government to the Union Pacific Railroad, to be sold to finance railroad construction. A north–south segment of the railroad connecting Denver, Colorado, and Cheyenne, Wyoming, passes through the town, parallel to U.S. Highway 85. Ault Public Emergency Radio Tower, a former emergency transmission facility, was located here.

Geography

Ault is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 85 and State Highway 14. At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of , all of it land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Severance High School
  High · SEVERANCE · 879 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• Severance Middle School
  Middle · WINDSOR · 725 students · 17.3:1 ratio
• Range View Elementary
  Elementary · SEVERANCE · 707 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• Eaton High School
  High · EATON · 586 students · 16.3:1 ratio
• Highland Elementary School
  Elementary · PIERCE · 473 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• Eaton Middle School
  Middle · EATON · 465 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• Eaton Elementary School
  Elementary · EATON · 426 students · 17:1 ratio
• Benjamin Eaton Elementary School
  Elementary · EATON · 378 students · 15.8:1 ratio