Ballard may refer to: People Ballard (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Australia Ballard, Queensland, a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region Ireland Ballard, Ardnurcher, a townland in Ardnurcher civil parish, barony of Moycashel, County Westmeath Ballard, County Clare, a townland Ballard, Portloman, a townland in Portloman civil parish, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath Ballard, Rathconrath, a townland in Rathconrath civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath United Kingdom Ballard Down, an area in Dorset, England Ballard, County Armagh, a townland in Northern Ireland United States Ballard, California, a town in the Santa Ynez Valley Ballard, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Ballard, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Bates County Ballard, Seattle, a neighborhood that was once a city before being annexed by Seattle, Washington Ballard, Utah, a town in Uintah County Ballard, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Monroe County Ballard County, Kentucky Ballardvale, Massachusetts, a village in the town of Andover, Essex County Schools Ballard High School (Louisville), Kentucky, US Ballard High School (Seattle), Washington, US Ballard Community School District, Iowa, US Other uses Ballard Power Systems, noted for their fuel cell research USS Ballard (DD-267), a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1945 Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, in Storrs, Connecticut See also Ballad (disambiguation) Bollard (disambiguation)