▁Bay ard ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Bay ard , ▁Iowa . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁post ▁office ▁at ▁Bay ard ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁town ▁of ▁Bay ard ▁was ▁picked ▁up ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁its ▁present ▁site ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁the ▁new ▁Union ▁Pacific ▁Rail road ▁line . ▁ ▁C CC ▁Camp ▁BR - 6 1 , ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Pl atte ▁Project , ▁was ▁located ▁at ▁Bay ard . ▁ ▁Geography ▁Bay ard ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 4 1 . 7 5 8 0 7 2 , ▁- 1 0 3 . 3 2 4 8 0 5 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁of ▁it ▁land . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 , 2 0 9 ▁people , ▁ 4 8 4 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 3 1 5 ▁families ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁. ▁There ▁were ▁ 5 5 7 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 9 0 . 3 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 2 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 1 . 1 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁