Mack, Colorado

Mack is an unincorporated community that is located about 10 miles east of the Colorado/Utah border in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Mack is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Mack, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Post office in Mack
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Coordinates: 39°13′26″N 108°51′54″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Mesa[1]
Elevation [1]	4,524 ft (1,379 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[2]	81525
Area code	970
GNIS feature ID	174372[1]

Description

A post office called Mack has been in operation since 1904.^[3] It was assigned the ZIP Code 81525.^[2] The community was named after John W. Mack, a businessperson in the asphalt industry.^[4]

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.

See also

• Colorado portal

• Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• List of cities and towns in Colorado

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mack, Colorado
2. "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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.

External links

Media related to Mack, Colorado at Wikimedia Commons