Roggen, Colorado
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Roggen, Colorado | |
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| The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen | |
Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado Roggen, Colorado (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′06″N 104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W | |
| Country | File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States |
| State | File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado |
| County | Weld County[1] |
| Elevation | 4,701 ft (1,433 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[2] | 80652 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0204697 |
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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] 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″N 104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W (40.168380,-104.371662).
Popular culture
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
- Stafford Painter, state legislator
- Kathleen Painter, state legislator[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
- ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/greeley-daily-tribune-kathleen-painter-l/18063537/
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Roggen, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons
