Roggen, Colorado

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]

Roggen, Colorado
Unincorporated community
The Roggen Telephone Cooperative Company headquarters on Front Street in Roggen
Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado Show map of Colorado Roggen, Colorado (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 40°10′06″N 104°22′18″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Weld County[1]
Elevation [1]	4,701 ft (1,433 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	80652
GNIS feature ID	0204697

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 (40.168380,-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

• List of cities and towns in Colorado

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/

External links

• Media related to Roggen, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons