Maybell is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Craig, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Maybell post office has the ZIP Code 81640.[3] At the United States Census 2010, the population of the Maybell CDP was 72, while the population of the 81640 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 249 including adjacent areas.[4] The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the State of Colorado was −61 °F (−52 °C) at Maybell on February 1, 1985.[5]
The village, founded in the 1880s, was named after May Bell, the wife of a local cattleman. It currently consists of a meat processing plant, general store with gas pumps, a garage, an elementary school, a residential hotel, a restaurant, a post office, and housing. The Post Office, in operation since 1884, serves the ZIP code 81640.[3]
Maybell is located in the valley of the Yampa River along U.S. Highway 40. Craig is 30 miles (48 km) east along US 40, and Dinosaur is 57 miles (92 km) to the west. State Highway 318 leads northwest from Maybell 61 miles (98 km) to the Utah border, passing Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge.
The Maybell CDP has an area of 332 acres (1.342 km2), all land.[1]
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. The climate of Maybell is a humid continental climate (Dfb).
The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the State of Colorado was −61 °F (−52 °C) at Maybell on February 1, 1985.[5]
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Maybell CDP for the United States Census 2010.
邮编 | 城市 | 州 | 纬度 | 经度 |
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39437 | Maybell | CO | 31.61933 | -89.38923 |