# Maybell, Colorado

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**Maybell** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) and [census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place) (CDP) in and governed by [Moffat County](/source/Moffat_County,_Colorado), [Colorado](/source/Colorado), United States. The CDP is a part of the [Craig, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area](/source/Craig,_CO_Micropolitan_Statistical_Area).

The Maybell post office has the [ZIP Code](/source/ZIP_Code) 81640.[1] At the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_census), the population of the Maybell CDP was 76.[3] The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the state of Colorado was −61 °F (−52 °C) at Maybell on February 1, 1985.[4]

## History

The village, founded in the 1880s, was named after May Bell, the wife of a local cattleman. Contrary to folk legends, the town was not named after his prized dairy cow. 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 has been in operation since 1884.

## Geography

Maybell is located in central Moffat County, in the valley of the [Yampa River](/source/Yampa_River) along [U.S. Highway 40](/source/U.S._Route_40_in_Colorado). [Craig](/source/Craig,_Colorado) is 30 miles (48 km) east along US 40, and [Dinosaur](/source/Dinosaur,_Colorado) is 57 miles (92 km) to the west. [State Highway 318](/source/Colorado_State_Highway_318) leads northwest from Maybell 61 miles (98 km) to the [Utah](/source/Utah) border, passing [Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge](/source/Browns_Park_National_Wildlife_Refuge).

The Maybell CDP has an area of 0.525 square miles (1.360 km2), all land.[5]

### Climate

This [climatic](/source/Climate) 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](/source/Humid_continental_climate) ([Dfb](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification)).

The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the State of Colorado was −61 °F (−52 °C) at Maybell on February 1, 1985.[4]

## Demographics

Maybell CDP, Colorado Year Pop. ±% 2010 72 — 2020 76 +5.6%

[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)

The [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau) initially defined the Maybell CDP for the [United States Census 2010](/source/United_States_Census_2010).

## See also

- [List of census-designated places in Colorado](/source/List_of_census-designated_places_in_Colorado)

## References

1. ["Look Up a ZIP Code"](https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookup). [United States Postal Service](/source/United_States_Postal_Service). Retrieved December 24, 2020.

1. ["P1. Race – Maybell CDP, Colorado: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)"](https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0849325&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

1. ["Record Lowest Temperatures by State"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011117050021/http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pub/data/special/mintemps.pdf) ([PDF](/source/PDF)). [National Climatic Data Center](/source/National_Climatic_Data_Center). 2004-01-01. Archived from [the original](http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pub/data/special/mintemps.pdf) on 2001-11-17. Retrieved 2007-01-11.

1. ["2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Colorado"](https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_08.txt). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 30, 2022.

## External links

- [Maybell, Colorado](https://maybellcolorado.com/)
- [Maybell, Colorado Mining Claims And Mines](https://thediggings.com/places/co0812583264)

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