Maybell, Colorado
Maybell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place 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. At the 2020 [United States census|2020 census], the population of the Maybell CDP was 76. The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the state of Colorado was at Maybell on February 1, 1985.
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 along U.S. Highway 40. Craig is east along US 40, and Dinosaur is to the west. State Highway 318 leads northwest from Maybell to the Utah border, passing Browns [Park National Wildlife Refuge].The Maybell CDP has an area of, all land.
Climate
This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters. The climate of Maybell is a humid continental climate.The coldest ambient air temperature ever recorded in the State of Colorado was at Maybell on February 1, 1985.