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Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States
Roggen, Colorado
Unincorporated community
The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in RoggenThe Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen
Roggen, Colorado is located in ColoradoRoggen, ColoradoLocation in Weld County and the state of ColoradoShow map of ColoradoRoggen, Colorado is located in the United StatesRoggen, ColoradoRoggen, Colorado (the United States)Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°10′06″N 104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W / 40.16833; -104.37167
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyWeld County
Elevation4,701 ft (1,433 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code80652
GNIS feature ID0204697

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.

A post office called Roggen has been in operation since 1883. The community most likely derives its name from Edward P. Roggin, a Nebraska legislator.

Geography

Roggen is located at 40°10′06″N 104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W / 40.16833; -104.37167 (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

See also

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 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. https://www.newspapers.com/article/greeley-daily-tribune-kathleen-painter-l/18063537/

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Municipalities and communities of Weld County, Colorado, United States
County seat: Greeley
Cities
Map of Colorado highlighting Weld County
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Footnotes‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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