Deckers, Colorado

Deckers, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Entering Deckers on Colorado State Highway 67.
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Coordinates: 39°15′17″N105°13′37″W / 39.25472°N 105.22694°W / 39.25472; -105.22694
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
County	Douglas
Area
• Water	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	1,950 m (6,398 ft)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]	Sedalia CO 80135
GNIS feature ID	204730 [1]

Deckers is an unincorporated community along the South Platte River in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. Stephen Decker built a general store here in the 1890s. He later added a saloon and called the settlement "Daffodil." The presence of natural springs led him to establish Deckers Mineral Springs and Resort in the popular region for fly-fishing. Deckers received national attention for the June 2002 forest fire, known as the Hayman Fire, which burned thousands of acres on the outskirts of the Denver metro area. The U.S. Post Office at Sedalia (ZIP Code 80135) now serves Deckers postal addresses. ^[2]

Camp

National Ramah Commission announced in March 2006 that it planned to open a Camp Ramah in the Rockies. A 360-acre (1.5 km²) camp site has been purchased in Deckers. The camp, known as Ramah in the Rockies has been running since the Summer of 2010. ^[3]

See also

• Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deckers, Colorado
2. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
3. "Archived copy". National Ramah Commission. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.