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Welcome to Yellow Jacket ...

Yellow Jacket is located in Montezuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Yellow Jacket, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Yellow Jacket is 6,890 feet [2,100 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Yellow Jacket is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Yellow Jacket lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Yellow Jacket: 970 & 748<3>

The ZIP code for Yellow Jacket: 81335<4>

Communities Also Named Yellow Jacket ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Yellow Jacket - they are located in Florida, Idaho and Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yellow Jacket.

Communities near Yellow Jacket ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yellow Jacket.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Yellow Jacket. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yellow Jacket.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yellow Jacket. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yellow Jacket.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yellow Jacket. See our Newspapers Page for Yellow Jacket.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yellow Jacket ...

Looking for more information about Yellow Jacket? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Yellow Jacket, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Yellow Jacket.

Adding Yellow Jacket to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Yellow Jacket in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Yellow Jacket was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Yellow Jacket post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Yellow Jacket.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Montezuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yellow Jacket - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Yellow Jacket area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Yellow Jacket area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Yellow Jacket). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Yellow Jacket or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/