Hoyt, Colorado

Hoyt, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Hoyt, looking south along Morgan County Road 4
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Coordinates: 40°00′56″N 104°04′31″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Morgan[1]
Elevation [1]	4,774 ft (1,455 m)
Population
• Total	Abt. 165
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	80654 (Wiggins)

Hoyt is a small unincorporated community in Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The 1,996-foot (608-meter) high Hoyt Radio Tower is located near Hoyt. The community was named after James A. Hoyt, an early settler.^[3]

A post office at Hoyt had been in operation since 1906.^[4] The U.S. Post Office at Wiggins (ZIP Code 80654) now serves Hoyt postal addresses.^[2]

Geography

Hoyt is located at 40°00′56″N 104°04′31″W (40.015520,-104.075375).

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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. 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. 27.
4. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 27, 2016.