Yoder is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The Yoder Post Office has the ZIP Code 80864.[3]
Yoder, Colorado | |
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 Yoder, looking west. | |
  Yoder Location within the state of Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′22″N 104°13′20″W / 38.83944°N 104.22222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | El Paso County[1] |
| Elevation | 6,145 ft (1,873 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80864[3] |
| Area code | 719 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0193568 |
A post office called Yoder has been in operation since 1904.[4] Ira M. Yoder, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.[5]
Students are served by the Edison Junior-Senior High School of the Edison School District 54JT, as well as by the Miami-Yoder School District 60JT.
References edit
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report". USGS. Retrieved August 15, 2007.
- ^ a b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
- ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ Dawson, John Fran k. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, Colorado: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 52.