Yoder, Colorado

Last updated

Yoder, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Yoder, Colorado.JPG
Yoder, looking west.
USA Colorado location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Yoder
Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 38°50′22″N104°13′20″W / 38.83944°N 104.22222°W / 38.83944; -104.22222
Country United States
State Colorado
County El Paso County [1]
Elevation
[1]
6,145 ft (1,873 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
80864 [2]
Area code 719
GNIS feature ID193568 [1]

Yoder is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The Yoder Post Office has the ZIP Code 80864. [2]

A post office called Yoder has been in operation since 1904. [3] Ira M. Yoder, an early postmaster, gave the community his name. [4]

Students are served by the Edison Junior-Senior High School of the Edison School District 54JT, as well as by the Miami-Yoder School District 60JT.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yoder, Colorado
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Dawson, John Fran k. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, Colorado: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 52.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.