Roggen, Colorado

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Roggen, Colorado
Unincorporated community
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The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen
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Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado
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Roggen, Colorado (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°10′06″N104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W / 40.16833; -104.37167
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
County Weld County [1]
Named after Edward P. Roggin
Elevation
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4,701 ft (1,433 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]
80652
GNIS feature ID 0204697

Roggen is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The Roggen Post Office has the ZIP Code 80652. [2]

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A post office called Roggen has been in operation since 1883. [3] The community most likely derives its name from Edward P. Roggin, a Nebraska legislator. [4]

Geography

Roggen is located at 40°10′06″N104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W / 40.16833; -104.37167 (40.168380,-104.371662).

Roggen plays a minor part in Tom Clancy's novel The Sum of All Fears . Terrorists purchase a safe house near Roggen in preparation for attacking the Super Bowl being played in Denver.

Roggen is the topic of a creepypasta about an archaeological expedition sponsored by the fictional company "Candlelight Co."

Notable residents

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 8, 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. 43.
  5. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/greeley-daily-tribune-kathleen-painter-l/18063537/
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