Yellow Jacket, Colorado facts for kids
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Yellow Jacket, Colorado
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County Road Y (left) and the post office in Yellow Jacket.
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 Yellow Jacket, Colorado
Location in Colorado
Yellow Jacket, Colorado
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  Colorado |
| County | Montezuma County |
| Elevation | 6,900 ft (2,100 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code |
81335
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| Area code(s) | 970 |
| GNIS feature ID | 176860 |
Yellow Jacket is a small place in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. It's called an unincorporated community, which means it doesn't have its own local government like a city or town. It does have a U.S. post office with the ZIP Code 81335.
Yellow Jacket's History
A post office opened in Yellow Jacket in 1914. The community got its name because there were many yellow jacket wasps living near where the town was first built.
Ancient Pueblo People Sites
Near Yellow Jacket, there are many old archaeological sites. These sites were once home to the Ancient Pueblo People (sometimes called Anasazi). They lived here during the Pueblo II Era and Pueblo III Eras. These important places are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.
Here are some of the notable sites:
- Albert Porter Pueblo: People lived here in the late 1100s and early 1200s.
- Bass Site: This site was also used in the late 1100s and early 1200s.
- Joe Ben Wheat Site Complex: This large site was used from 1075 to 1300. It had about 90 rooms and 14 kivas (special underground rooms).
- Seven Towers Pueblo: This pueblo was inhabited from 1150 to 1300.
- Woods Canyon Pueblo: People lived at this site in the 1200s.
- Yellow Jacket Pueblo: This was one of the biggest communities of the Ancient Pueblo People in the area.
- Unnamed site 5MT4700: Another important archaeological site in the region.
