Barnum is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

. The neighborhood is located in the area known as West Denver. According to the Piton Foundation, in 2007, the population of the neighborhood was 6,456, and there were 1,924 housing units.

Demographics

As of the year 2000, the racial makeup of Barnum is 20.73% White

Caucasian race

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 non-Hispanic, 0.61% African American

African American

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, 0.83% Native American, 0.64% Asian

Asia

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, and 75.78% Hispanic

Hispanic

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 or Latino

Latino

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Boundaries

The neighborhood’s northern boundary is the Sixth Avenue Freeway

U.S. Route 6 in Colorado

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, its eastern boundary is Federal Boulevard, its southern Boundary is Alameda Avenue, and its western boundary is Perry Street.

History

Barnum and several of the surrounding neighborhoods were annexed to Denver in 1896. According to the city of Denver, “The area is named after P.T. Barnum of the Barnum and Bailey Circus

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is an American circus company. The company was started when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling brothers purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, but ran the circuses...

. He purchased 760 acre

Acre

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s in 1882 as an off-season winter respite for his show, and originally named many of the streets in the area after famous people.”