Yellow Jacket is an unincorporated town

Unincorporated area

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 and a U.S. Post Office

United States Postal Service

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 located in Montezuma County

Montezuma County, Colorado

Montezuma County is the southwesternmost of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 23,830 at U.S. Census 2000...

, Colorado

Colorado

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, United States

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. The Yellow Jacket Post Office has the ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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 81335.

Geography

Yellow Jacket is located at 37°31′58"N 108°43′11"W (37.532871,-108.719845).

History

There are a number of prehistoric archaeological sites of the Ancient Pueblo People (Anasazi) during the Pueblo II Era

Pueblo II Era

The Pueblo II Era, AD 900 to 1150, was the second pueblo period of the Ancient Pueblo People of the Four Corners region of the American southwest. During this period people lived in dwellings made of stone and mortar, enjoyed communal activities in kivas, built towers and water conversing dams,...

 and Pueblo III Era

Pueblo III Era

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s near Yellow Jacket that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 and the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties

Colorado State Register of Historic Properties

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:

• Albert Porter Pueblo inhabited in the AD late 1100s - early 1200s.
• Bass Site occupied AD late 1100s - early 1200s.
• Joe Ben Wheat Site Complex occupied from AD 1075-1300. The site was a large multi-component site with 90 rooms and 14 kivas.
• Seven Towers inhabited from AD 1150-1300.
• Woods Canyon Pueblo occupied in the AD 1200s.
• Yellow Jacket Pueblo, one of the largest Ancient Pueblo communities in the area.
• Unnamed site 5MT4700.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Colorado
• List of prehistoric sites in Colorado
• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• Prehistory of Colorado
  Prehistory of Colorado
  Prehistory of Colorado provides an overview of the activities that occurred prior to Colorado's recorded history. Colorado experienced cataclysmic geological events over billions of years. The way the events occurred in Colorado, though, shaped our land and ecosystems...
  
  
• Trail of the Ancients
  Trail of the Ancients
  The Trail of the Ancients is an National Scenic Byway located in the states of Colorado and Utah. The route highlights the archaeological and cultural history of southwestern Native American peoples, and traverses the widely diverse geological landscape of the Four Corners region...