Arapahoe, Colorado
Encyclopedia
Arapahoe is an unincorporated town
and U.S. Post Office
in Cheyenne County
, Colorado
, United States
. The ZIP Code
of the Arapahoe Post Office
is 80802.
(present-day Jefferson County, Colorado
); see Arapahoe, Colorado (ghost town)
. The town eventually withered, but Arapahoe was reestablished at the present site in 1870. The second Arapahoe Post Office
opened on May 5, 1910.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
and U.S. Post Office
United States Postal Service
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in Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County, Colorado
Cheyenne County is the fifth least densely populated of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 2,231 at U.S. Census 2000...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, United States
United States
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. The ZIP Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
of the Arapahoe Post Office
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
is 80802.
History
The first town of Arapahoe was established in 1859 in Arapahoe County, Kansas TerritoryKansas Territory
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Kansas....
(present-day Jefferson County, Colorado
Jefferson County, Colorado
Jefferson County , whose slogan is the "Gateway to the Rocky Mountains", is the fourth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Located along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, Jefferson County is adjacent to the west side of the state capital, Denver....
); see Arapahoe, Colorado (ghost town)
Arapahoe, Colorado (ghost town)
Arapahoe was one of the first settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Colorado. Nothing remains of the now deserted ghost town in Jefferson County, except a historical marker on the south side of 44th Avenue, between the towns of Golden, and Wheat Ridge.-History:Gold prospectors founded...
. The town eventually withered, but Arapahoe was reestablished at the present site in 1870. The second Arapahoe Post Office
United States Postal Service
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opened on May 5, 1910.