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Roggen, Colorado

Roggen, Colorado
The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen
The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen
Roggen, Colorado is located in Colorado
Roggen, Colorado
Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado
Roggen, Colorado is located in the United States
Roggen, Colorado
Roggen, Colorado (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°10′03″N 104°22′20″W / 40.16750°N 104.37222°W / 40.16750; -104.37222
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyWeld County
Named forEdward P. Roggin
Elevation4,712 ft (1,436 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]
80652
GNIS feature ID204697[1]

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]

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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."[5]

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References

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  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roggen, Colorado
  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. ↑ "Roggen Creepypastas". YouTube. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
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