Galeton, Colorado

Galeton, Colorado
Galeton, Colorado
Unincorporated community
	Coordinates: 40°31′16″N 104°35′05″W / 40.52111°N 104.58472°W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Weld
Elevation	4,770 ft (1,454 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	80622
Area code	970

Galeton is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The Galeton Post Office has the ZIP Code 80622.^[2]

A post office called Galeton has been in operation since 1910.^[3] The community was named for one Miss Gale, the daughter of a local family of settlers.^[4]

Geography

Galeton is located at 40°31′16″N 104°35′05″W / 40.52111°N 104.58472°W / 40.52111; -104.58472 (40.521107,-104.584694).

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2006.
^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 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. 23.

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[ZIPcode-2] "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. December 15, 2006. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2006.

[3] "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 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. 23.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Weld County, Colorado, United States
County seat: Greeley
Cities	Brighton‡ Dacono Evans Fort Lupton Greeley Longmont‡ Northglenn‡ Thornton‡	Map of Colorado highlighting Weld County
Towns	Ault Berthoud‡ Eaton Erie‡ Firestone Frederick Garden City Gilcrest Grover Hudson Johnstown‡ Keenesburg Kersey La Salle Lochbuie‡ Mead Milliken Nunn Pierce Platteville Raymer Severance Windsor‡
CDPs	Aristocrat Ranchettes Briggsdale
Unincorporated communities	Auburn Avalo Carr Cornish Galeton Gill Hereford Highlandlake Ione Lucerne Prospect Valley Puritan Roggen Stoneham Wattenburg
Ghost towns	Buckingham Dearfield Dick Keota Masters St. Vrain Saint Vrains Serene Sligo
Trading posts	Fort Jackson Fort Lupton Fort Saint Vrain Fort Vasquez
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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