ARAPAHOE, CO

Arapahoe is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States. The Arapahoe post office has the ZIP code 80802. At the United States Census 2010, the population of the 80802 ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 238 including adjacent areas.

History

The first town of Arapahoe was established in 1859 in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory (present-day Jefferson County, Colorado; see Arapahoe, Colorado (ghost town).) The town withered in a few years.

A new town of Arapahoe was established at the present site in 1870. The second Arapahoe post office opened on May 5, 1910.

The name honors the Arapaho Native American people who lived in the area.

Geography

The Arapahoe CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau defined the for the