Roggen, Colorado

Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States

40°10′06″N 104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W / 40.16833; -104.37167Country

United StatesState

ColoradoCountyWeld County^[1]Elevation

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4,701 ft (1,433 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code^[2]

80652

GNIS feature ID0204697

Roggen is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The Roggen Post Office has the ZIP Code 80652.^[2]

A post office called Roggen has been in operation since 1883.^[3] The community most likely derives its name from Edward P. Roggin, a Nebraska legislator.^[4]

Geography

Roggen is located at 40°10′06″N 104°22′18″W / 40.16833°N 104.37167°W / 40.16833; -104.37167 (40.168380,-104.371662).

Popular culture

Roggen plays a minor part in Tom Clancy's novel The Sum of All Fears. Terrorists purchase a safe house near Roggen in preparation for attacking the Super Bowl being played in Denver.

Roggen is the topic of a creepypasta about an archaeological expedition sponsored by the fictional company "Candlelight Co."

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ 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. 43.