Yellow Jacket, Colorado
Unincorporated community
County Road Y (left) and the post office in Yellow Jacket.
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Coordinates:37°32′04″N108°43′02″W / 37.53444°N 108.71722°W /37.53444; -108.71722
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Montezuma County[1]
Elevation [1]	6,900 ft (2,100 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	81335
Area code	970
GNIS feature ID	176860[1]

Yellow Jacket is anunincorporated community and aU.S. post office located inMontezuma County,Colorado, United States. The Yellow Jacket post office has theZIP Code 81335.^[2]

A post office called Yellow Jacket has been in operation since 1914.^[3] The community was named for the abundance ofyellow jackets near the original town site.^[4]

There are a number of prehistoric archaeological sites of theAncient Pueblo People (Anasazi) during thePueblo II Era andPueblo III Eras near Yellow Jacket that are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places and theColorado State Register of Historic Properties:^[5][6]

• Albert Porter Pueblo inhabited in the late 12th century - early 13th century.
• Bass Site occupied late 12th century - early 13th century.
• Joe Ben Wheat Site Complex occupied from 1075-1300. The site was a large multi-component site with 90 rooms and 14 kivas.
• Seven Towers Pueblo inhabited from 1150-1300.
• Woods Canyon Pueblo occupied in the 13th century.
• Yellow Jacket Pueblo, one of the largest Ancient Pueblo communities in the area.
• Unnamed site 5MT4700.

• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• Trail of the Ancients

• Unincorporated communities in Montezuma County, Colorado
• Unincorporated communities in Colorado

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