In Stephen King’s novel The Stand, what is the name of the safe-zone settlement in Boulder?

In Stephen King’s novel The Stand, the safe-zone settlement in Boulder is called the Boulder Free Zone.

The settlement forms after the superflu known as Captain Trips devastates most of the human population. Survivors gather in Boulder, Colorado, where they organize a democratic community and attempt to restore ordinary civic life.

The Boulder Free Zone is opposed by Randall Flagg’s authoritarian society in Las Vegas. This contrast gives the novel much of its moral and political structure: Boulder represents cooperation and rebuilding, while Las Vegas represents coercion and centralized power.

The name is sometimes shortened informally to the Free Zone, but the novel’s full name is Boulder Free Zone. The community is not an untouched refuge; its members face disease, internal disagreements, espionage, and the continuing threat posed by Flagg’s followers.