Roggen, Colorado
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| settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Weld County and the state of Colorado
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| subdivision_name2 = Weld County{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
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| named_for = Edward P. Roggin
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| timezone = MST
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| elevation_m = 1433
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| postal_code = 80652
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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.{{cite web | date = January 2, 2007 | url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp | title = ZIP Code Lookup| format = JavaScript/HTML | publisher = United States Postal Service | accessdate = January 2, 2007}}
A post office called Roggen has been in operation since 1883.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO | title=Post offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=8 July 2016}} The community most likely derives its name from Edward P. Roggin, a Nebraska legislator.{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=49|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=43}}
Geography
Roggen is located at {{coord|40|10|06|N|104|22|18|W|type:city}} (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."
Notable residents
- Stafford Painter, state legislator
- Kathleen Painter, state legislatorhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/greeley-daily-tribune-kathleen-painter-l/18063537/
See also
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Roggen, Colorado}}
{{Weld County, Colorado}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Weld County, Colorado