Wetmore, Colorado

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Wetmore, Colorado
Unincorporated community
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Entering Wetmore from the east, April 2012
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Location in Custer County and the state of Colorado
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Wetmore, Colorado (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°14′17″N105°05′05″W / 38.23806°N 105.08472°W / 38.23806; -105.08472
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
County Custer County [1]
Elevation
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6,086 ft (1,855 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [2]
81253
GNIS feature ID192225 [1]

Wetmore is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Custer County, Colorado, United States.

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Description

The Wetmore post office has been in operation since 1881. [3] The community was named after William Wetmore, a first settler. [4] and has the ZIP Code 81253. [2]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wetmore, Colorado
  2. 1 2 "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 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. 51.

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