Yellow Jacket, Colorado

Yellow Jacket is an unincorporated community and a U.S. post office located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The Yellow Jacket post office has the ZIP Code 81335.[2]

Yellow Jacket, Colorado
County Road Y (left) and the post office in Yellow Jacket.
County Road Y (left) and the post office in Yellow Jacket.
Yellow Jacket is located in Colorado
Yellow Jacket
Yellow Jacket
Yellow Jacket is located in the United States
Yellow Jacket
Yellow Jacket
Coordinates: 37°31′58″N 108°43′11″W / 37.53278°N 108.71972°W / 37.53278; -108.71972
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyMontezuma County[1]
Elevation6,900 ft (2,103 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]
81335
Area code970
GNIS feature ID0176860

Geography edit

Yellow Jacket is located at 37°31′58″N 108°43′11″W / 37.53278°N 108.71972°W / 37.53278; -108.71972 (37.532871,-108.719845).

History edit

A post office called Yellow Jacket has been in operation since 1914.[3] The community was named for the abundance of yellow jackets near the original town site.[4]

There are a number of prehistoric archaeological sites of the Ancient Pueblo People (Anasazi) during the Pueblo II Era and Pueblo III Eras near Yellow Jacket that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties:[5][6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  3. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 52.
  5. ^ National & State Registers for Montezuma County, Colorado. Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 10-8-2011.
  6. ^ National Register of Historic Places American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-6.