Grand County
Also known as Grand County, Utah, Grand County, UT
county in eastern Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- Founded
- March 13, 1890
- Named after
- Grand River (now the Colorado River )
- Seat
- Moab
- Largest city
- Moab
- Total
- 3,684 sq mi (9,540 km )
- Land
- 3,672 sq mi (9,510 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,790
- Density
- 2.633/sq mi (1.017/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
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Grand County is a county on the east central edge of the U.S. state of Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 9,669. Its county seat and largest city is Moab.
Grand County is home to one of the nine statewide regional campuses of Utah State University (located in the city of Moab) and serves as a gateway to both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.