Boyero, Colorado

38°56′11″N 103°16′29″W / 38.93639°N 103.27472°W / 38.93639; -103.27472Country United StatesState State of ColoradoCountyLincoln CountyElevation4,721 ft (1,439 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP Code

Boyero (Spanish: oxherd) is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Hugo (ZIP Code 80821) now serves Boyero postal addresses.^[2]

A post office called Boyero was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1973.^[3] The community was named for the local cattle industry, "Boyero" meaning "bull pen" in Spanish.^[4]

Boyero is located at 38°56′11″N 103°16′29″W / 38.93639°N 103.27472°W / 38.93639; -103.27472 (38.936446,-103.274746).

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1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ ^{a b} "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on September 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
3. ^ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
4. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). 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. 10.

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