| Arapahoe, Colorado | |
| Settlement Type: | CDP |
| Pushpin Map: | Colorado |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Arapahoe in Colorado |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cheyenne County |
| Government Type: | unincorporated town |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1870[1] |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.718 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.718 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 102 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 38.8529°N -102.1789°W |
| Elevation M: | 1227 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4026 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[4] |
| Postal Code: | 80802 |
| Area Code: | 719 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature[5] |
| Blank Info: | Arapahoe CDP |
Arapahoe is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States. The population was 102 at the 2020 census. The Arapahoe post office has the ZIP code 80802.[4]
The first town of Arapahoe was established in 1859 in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory, which later became Jefferson County, Colorado.[1] The town withered in a few years.
A new town of Arapahoe was established at the present site in 1870.[1] The second Arapahoe post office opened on May 5, 1910.[6]
The name honors the Arapaho Native American people who lived in the area.
The CDP has an area of 0.718km2, all land.[2]
The United States Census Bureau defined the for the