Slater, Colorado

Slater, Colorado
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°56′52″N 107°29′52″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Moffat County, Routt County[1]
Elevation [2]	7,753 ft (2,363 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[3]	81653
Area code	970
GNIS feature ID	1952147[2]

Slater is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office located in both Moffat County, and Routt County, Colorado, United States. The Slater Post Office has the ZIP Code 81653.^[3]

Slater is unusual in that, while it lies within Colorado, the main highway which services the town is Wyoming Highway 70, which dips south of the state line into Colorado for approximately 0.9 miles through Slater before turning north back into Wyoming. The highway through Slater is maintained by the Wyoming Department of Transportation.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slater, Colorado
3. "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.