Wetmore, Colorado

Wetmore, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Entering Wetmore from the east, April 2012
Location in Custer County and the state of Colorado Show map of Colorado Wetmore, Colorado (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 38°14′17″N 105°05′05″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Custer County[1]
Elevation [1]	6,086 ft (1,855 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	81253
GNIS feature ID	192225[1]

Wetmore is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in Custer County, Colorado, United States.

Description

The Wetmore post office has been in operation since 1881.^[3] The community was named after William Wetmore, a first settler.^[4] and has the ZIP Code 81253.^[2]

See also

Colorado portal

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wetmore, Colorado
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. 51.

External links

Media related to Wetmore, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons