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• joe
  Wikipedia has it as Frelard. Balmont is a Russian poet.
• Brian
  Also: who cares
• Ben
  Frelard is what I have most commonly heard, and I am a resident of the area. However I agree with Brian because I don't use the term.
• Matt Brubeck
  The "official" name is apparently "West Woodland." How boring.
  http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/public/nmaps/html...
• bmvaughn
  That's for elementary schools :)
• Peter
  Frelard, but yeah - it's just a joke term. I've never heard anyone use it seriously.
• Jon
  The fact that it's a combination name of 2 other places is a clear indication that it's not it's own place. I agree, it's a joke name. But to the extent that I refer to it, I'd always go with fre or free (just to emphasize the pronunciation), not Balmont. Balmont sounds too much like someone's name (i.e. "Who" are you talking about? Not "where".)
• biff
  Belmont is a trendy stop on the red line in chicago. I'll continually think someone is talking about chicago with that term. Frelard is best of the group
• Jean
  The sign as you turn off of 8th onto Leary says "Welcome to Fremont"
• Ben
  In response to that map Matt linked, does anyone refer to downtown Ballard and the surrounding area as Adams? I've never heard it. That map almost seems like an elementary school zone map, except there isn't a sunset hill elementary to my knowledge.
• Mazz
  Balmont for sure. I don't like the LARD in FreLard.
• Rolf
  My personal favorite is Frelard. And I went to West Woodland Elementary, so I'll reserve that name for the school, not the neighborhood.
• Joel
  What is this Fremont of which you speak? It's all Ballard.
• Jahara
  Frelard. The lard makes it funny, and but if you spell it with the double 'ee' it's trying too hard. Balmont sounds like a housing development in Redmond. Oh wait, that would be Balmont ESTATES, right? My bad.
• PhinBall Wizard
  I always refer to that area as FreBall.
• Steve M
  I always thought it was "the Fremont-Ballard Industrial Zone," but I always thought of it as Frelard.
  
  People advertising rentals on Craigslist call it Ballard, which I guess means that Ballard has a higher name recognition as a place to live at the moment.
• Sheila
  I don't know about Ballard, but the boundries of Fremont are Stone Way N to 8th Avenue NW and 50th Street N to the canal. I would think that anything West of 8th would then be Ballard, yes?
• Jack
  I think Balmont is on the rail in the fourth race.
• Hector
  i prefer Frellard