Wetmore, Colorado

Unincorporated community in Custer County, Colorado, United States

Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States

Wetmore, Colorado

Unincorporated community

Entering Wetmore from the east, April 2012

Location in Custer County and the state of Colorado

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Wetmore, Colorado (the United States)

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Coordinates: 38°14′17″N 105°05′05″W﻿ / ﻿38.23806°N 105.08472°W﻿ / 38.23806; -105.08472
Country|  United States
State|  Colorado
County| Custer County[1]
Elevation

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| 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

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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

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Colorado portal

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wetmore, Colorado
2. ^ a b "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.

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