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Welcome to Grand Mesa ...

Grand Mesa is located in Delta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Mesa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1927.

Grand Mesa is 10,140 feet [3,091 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Grand Mesa is about 2 miles [or ~3 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Grand Mesa lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Grand Mesa: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near Grand Mesa ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Mesa.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Grand Mesa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Mesa.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand Mesa. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grand Mesa.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Mesa. See our Newspapers Page for Grand Mesa.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grand Mesa ...

Looking for more information about Grand Mesa? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Grand Mesa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Grand Mesa.

Adding Grand Mesa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grand Mesa in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Grand Mesa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grand Mesa post office opened in 1927. The Grand Mesa post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Mesa.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Delta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grand Mesa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Grand Mesa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Grand Mesa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/