Boyero, Colorado

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Boyero, Colorado
Unincorporated community
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Boyero
Location in Colorado
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Boyero
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°56′11″N103°16′29″W / 38.93639°N 103.27472°W / 38.93639; -103.27472
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg  State of Colorado
County Lincoln County
Elevation
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4,721 ft (1,439 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
80821 (Hugo) [2]

Boyero (Spanish : oxherd) is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Hugo (ZIP Code 80821) now serves Boyero postal addresses. [2]

Contents

A post office called Boyero was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1973. [3] The community was named for the local cattle industry, "Boyero" meaning "bull pen" in Spanish. [4]

Geography

Boyero is located at 38°56′11″N103°16′29″W / 38.93639°N 103.27472°W / 38.93639; -103.27472 (38.936446,-103.274746).

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Dawson, John Frank (1954). 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. 10.
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