Yellow Jacket, Colorado

Yellow Jacket is an unincorporated community and a U.S. post office located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. The Yellow Jacket post office has the ZIP Code 81335.[2]

Yellow Jacket, Colorado
Unincorporated community
County Road Y (left) and the post office in Yellow Jacket.
Location in Montezuma County and the state of Colorado Yellow Jacket, Colorado (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°31′58″N 108°43′11″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Montezuma County[1]
Elevation [1]	6,900 ft (2,103 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	81335
Area code(s)	970
GNIS feature ID	0176860

Geography

Yellow Jacket is located at 37°31′58″N 108°43′11″W (37.532871,-108.719845).

History

A post office called Yellow Jacket has been in operation since 1914.[3] The community was named for the abundance of yellow jackets near the original town site.[4]

There are a number of prehistoric archaeological sites of the Ancient Pueblo People (Anasazi) during the Pueblo II Era and Pueblo III Eras near Yellow Jacket that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties:[5][6]

• Albert Porter Pueblo inhabited in the late 12th century - early 13th century.
• Bass Site occupied late 12th century - early 13th century.
• Joe Ben Wheat Site Complex occupied from 1075-1300. The site was a large multi-component site with 90 rooms and 14 kivas.
• Seven Towers Pueblo inhabited from 1150-1300.
• Woods Canyon Pueblo occupied in the 13th century.
• Yellow Jacket Pueblo, one of the largest Ancient Pueblo communities in the area.
• Unnamed site 5MT4700.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Colorado
• List of prehistoric sites in Colorado
• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• Prehistory of Colorado
• Trail of the Ancients

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 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. 52.
5. National & State Registers for Montezuma County, Colorado. Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 10-8-2011.
6. National Register of Historic Places American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved 2011-10-6.

• Steve Garufi's photos of Yellow Jacket, CO