Jaroso, Colorado

Jaroso, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Jaroso, with Ute Mountain on the left.
Jaroso, Colorado Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 37°00′14″N105°37′26″W / 37.00389°N 105.62389°W / 37.00389; -105.62389
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Costilla [1]
Elevation [1]	7,575 ft (2,309 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]	81138
GNIS feature ID	193115 [1]

Jaroso is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The Jaroso Post Office has the ZIP Code 81138. ^[2]

A post office called Joroso has been in operation since 1911. ^[3] Jaroso is a name derived from Spanish meaning "willows". ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jaroso, Colorado
2. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 28, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2006.
3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 27, 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. 28.