Grant, Colorado

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Park County, CO, USA}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Grant, Colorado |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |motto =  |image_skyline = Grant, Colorado.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Approaching Grant from the east on U.S. Route 285, May 2010 |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map =  |pushpin_label_position =  |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}} |subdivision_type2 = Counties |subdivision_name2 = Park<ref name="GR3-u">{{cite gnis|204726|Grant|2026-02-18}}</ref> |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =   |population_as_of = |population_footnotes =  |timezone = MST |utc_offset = -7 |timezone_DST = MDT |utc_offset_DST = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|39|27|35|N|105|39|42|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 8606  |postal_code_type = ZIP code<ref name=ZIPcode>{{cite web |date=December 27, 2006 |url=http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |title=ZIP Code Lookup |format=JavaScript/HTML |publisher=United States Postal Service |accessdate=December 27, 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122200027/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp |archivedate=November 22, 2010 }}</ref> |postal_code = 80448 |area_code = | blank_name = GNIS feature ID | blank_info = 204726<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|204726}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Grant''' is an unincorporated community and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States.

==Description== alt=Photograph of the old U.S. Post Office taken in 1880s.|left|thumb|Photograph of the old U.S. Post Office taken in 1880s. thumb|Grant in early 1900s

The community is located in foothills of the Front Range in the upper valley of the North Fork South Platte River, approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of Kenosha Pass. It sits along U.S. Route 285 approximately {{convert|40|mi|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.<ref name=ZIPcode/> 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.{{clear left}}

==Climate== According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Grant has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

{{Weather box |location = Grant, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present |single line = Yes

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name=NOAA> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00053530&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |access-date = August 8, 2022 }} </ref> |source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData> {{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=bou |publisher = National Weather Service |title = NOAA Online Weather Data |access-date = August 8, 2022 }} </ref> }}

==See also== {{portal-inline|Colorado}}

==References== {{reflist|22em}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Grant, Colorado}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Park County, Colorado Category:Unincorporated communities in Colorado

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