Grant, Colorado facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Grant, Colorado
Unincorporated community
Approaching Grant from the east on U.S. Highway 285.
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Counties	Park
Elevation	8,606 ft (2,623 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	80448

Photograph of the old U.S. Post Office taken in 1880s.

Grant is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States. The community is located in foothills of the Front Range in the Platte Canyon, in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately 6 miles (10 km) east of Kenosha Pass. It sits along U.S. Highway 285 approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Denver. It consists largely of a retired general store, post office, and surrounding houses and trailers along the south side of the highway and along the north side of the river. The Grant Post Office has the ZIP Code 80448. Grant is located at the mouth of Geneva Creek where it descends southward from the Front Range. County Road 62 follows the creek northward to Guanella Pass, leading to Georgetown in the canyon of Clear Creek.

Geography

Grant is located at 39°27′35″N 105°39′45″W / 39.45972°N 105.66250°W / 39.45972; -105.66250 (39.459788,-105.662556).

Grant in early 1900s