[4] The community has two official names: Raymer hosts a Minuteman III Missile Alert Facility from Warren Air Force Base.

[6] The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad platted the Raymer townsite in Weld County in 1888.

[7] The town was named for George Raymer, an assistant chief engineer for the railroad.

[8] The town flourished for a while, but families eventually moved away and the Post Office closed on May 14, 1895.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all of it land.