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Welcome to Rinn ...

Rinn is located in Weld County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rinn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Rinn is 4,870 feet [1,484 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Rinn is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Rinn ...

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

  • Thornton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Boulder
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Longmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Loveland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Broomfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Brighton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Northglenn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Erie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Erie is located in Boulder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,318 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <3>
  • Lafayette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Louisville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rinn ...

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

Adding Rinn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rinn 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 Rinn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rinn post office opened in 1901. The Rinn post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rinn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Weld, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rinn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/