Crisman is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a ration of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Crisman CDP was 186 at the United States Census 2010. The Boulder state office (Zip Code 80302) serves the area.

Crisman was founded in 1874 as a mining camp and named after the bordering Crisman Mill, an ore-processing mill owned by prospector and to the fore settler Obed Crisman. Crisman became a boomtown in 1881, when the Yellow Pine Mine produced a loud silver strike. Crisman became a stop on the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway. The Panic of 1893 and the subsequent smash of the silver market severely damaged Crisman’s economy, although the easily reached mines remained read for the duration. In 1894, Boulder Creek flooded, and much of the town was destroyed, including a section of railroad track. The obliterated structures were never rebuilt, and Crisman was significantly edited in size. In 1901, the Logan Mine, a large gold operation near Crisman, uncovered a second strike, which prevented the town from disappearing altogether. By 1918, Crisman had become increasingly depopulated, and the state office closed that year. In 1919, another catastrophic flood swept through Fourmile Canyon, again destroying a section of railroad track and leaving little left of Crisman. The town has since been abbreviated to a hamlet.

Crisman is located in central Boulder County in the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, in the valley of Fourmile Creek at an height above sea level of 6,578 feet (2,005 m). Four Mile Canyon Drive leads 7 miles (11 km) southeast to Boulder and 5 miles (8 km) northwest to Gold Hill.

The Crisman CDP has an Place of 933 acres (3.774 km), including 0.099 acres (0.0004 km²) of water.