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Welcome to John Held Corner ...

John Held Corner is located in Mesa County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for John Held Corner: John Held Cor. (or less commonly used: John Held Crn.)

John Held Corner is 6,120 feet [1,865 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of John Held Corner is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: John Held Corner lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for John Held Corner: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near John Held Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near John Held Corner.

  • Palisade
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cedaredge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Collbran
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • De Beque
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Molina
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cameo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cameo is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
  • Plateau City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Plateau City is located in Mesa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
  • Grand Mesa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
  • Clifton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Fruitvale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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 John Held Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for John Held Corner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of John Held Corner. 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 John Held Corner.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for John Held Corner ...

Looking for more information about John Held Corner? 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 John Held Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for John Held Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Mesa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around John Held Corner - 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 John Held Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the John Held Corner 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.