Yoder, Colorado

Yoder is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The Yoder Post Office has the ZIP Code 80864.^[2]

Yoder, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Yoder, looking west.
Yoder Location within the state of Colorado
Coordinates: 38°50′22″N 104°13′20″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	El Paso County[1]
Elevation [1]	6,145 ft (1,873 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	80864[2]
Area code	719
GNIS feature ID	193568[1]

A post office called Yoder has been in operation since 1904.^[3] Ira M. Yoder, an early postmaster, gave the community his name.^[4]

Students are served by the Edison Junior-Senior High School of the Edison School District 54JT, as well as by the Miami-Yoder School District 60JT.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yoder, Colorado
2. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
4. Dawson, John Fran k. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, Colorado: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 52.