Yoder, Colorado | |
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 Yoder, looking west. | |
  Yoder Location within the state of Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°50′22″N104°13′20″W / 38.83944°N 104.22222°W Coordinates: 38°50′22″N104°13′20″W / 38.83944°N 104.22222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | El Paso County [1] |
| Elevation | 6,145 ft (1,873 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 80864 [3] |
| Area code(s) | 719 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0193568 |
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. [3]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution.
El Paso County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. The 2017 census estimate recorded an approximate population of 699,232 for El Paso County. The Census Bureau's 2017 estimate indicates it is the second-most populous county in Colorado, after the City and County of Denver. The county seat is Colorado Springs, the second most populous city in Colorado.
A post office called Yoder has been in operation since 1904. [4] Ira M. Yoder, an early postmaster, gave the community his name. [5]
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.
Edison School District 54JT is a school district headquartered in Yoder, an unincorporated area in El Paso County, Colorado.
