Mack, Colorado

Mack, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Post office in Mack
Post office in Mack
Mack is located in Colorado
Mack
Mack
Location within Colorado
Mack is located in the United States
Mack
Mack
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 39°13′26″N 108°51′54″W / 39.22389°N 108.86500°W / 39.22389; -108.86500
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyMesa
Elevation
4,524 ft (1,379 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
81525
Area code970
GNIS feature ID174372

Mack is an unincorporated community that is located approximately ten miles east of the Colorado/Utah border in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Mack is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Description

A post office called Mack has been in operation since 1904. It was assigned the ZIP Code 81525. The community was named after John W. Mack, a businessperson in the asphalt industry.

The Country Jam Ranch is located near the town of Mack and is known for being a Music Festival Destination. This is a permanent festival site created for music festivals, including Country Jam, an event that has been held since 1992 and one that draws thousands of country music fans to the area.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mack, Colorado
  2. ↑ "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
  4. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 33.

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