Roggen, Colorado
Appearance
Roggen, Colorado | |
|---|---|
The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen | |
Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′03″N 104°22′20″W / 40.16750°N 104.37222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Weld County |
| Named for | Edward P. Roggin |
| Elevation | 4,712 ft (1,436 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code[2] | 80652 |
| GNIS feature ID | 204697[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]
Popular culture
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roggen, Colorado
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Roggen Creepypastas". YouTube. Retrieved August 31, 2026.
External links
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