# Rand, Colorado

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**Rand** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area), with a [U.S. Post Office](/source/United_States_Postal_Service), established in 1881 in [Jackson County](/source/Jackson_County,_Colorado), [Colorado](/source/Colorado), United States.

## Description

It is a ranching community at the southern end of [North Park](/source/North_Park_(Colorado_basin)) south of [Walden](/source/Walden,_Colorado) consisting of several homes and businesses, a post office, and ranching facilities. Rand is near the junction of [State Highway 125](/source/Colorado_State_Highway_125) and Jackson County Road 27 along Indian Creek, at an elevation of 8,627 feet (2,630 meters). The Rand post office has the [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code) 80473.[2] Some say the community was named after Charles Rand, a pioneer, while others believe it has the name of J. A. Rand, another pioneer.[3] The post office in Rand was established in 1883.[4]

## References

1. ["ZIP Code Lookup"](http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp) ([JavaScript](/source/JavaScript)/[HTML](/source/HTML)). United States Postal Service. January 2, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2007.

1. Dawson, John Frank. [*Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin*](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=49). Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 43.

1. ["Post offices"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=CO). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

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