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Gunnison
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city in and county seat of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
Gunnison is a city located in Gunnison County, Colorado, and serves as the county seat. It is situated in the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Gunnison County
- Incorporated
- March 1, 1880
- Named after
- John W. Gunnison
- Type
- Home Rule Municipality
- Mayor
- Diego Plata
- City manager
- Amanda Wilson
- Total
- 4.849 sq mi (12.558 km )
- Land
- 4.849 sq mi (12.558 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.000 km )
- Elevation
- 7,710 ft (2,350 m)
- Density
- 1,353/sq mi (522/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
- Zip codes
- 81230-81231 and 81247
- Fips code
- 08-33640
- Website
- www .gunnisonco .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gunnison
- Population
- 6560
- Area
- 8.373402
- Elevation
- 2347
- Official website
- www.cityofgunnison-co.gov
- Image
- Vienna Bakery-Johnson Restaurant.JPG
- Households
- 2569
- Dialing code
- 970
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- Commons category
- Gunnison, Colorado
- water as percent of area
- 0
- P8168
- Nurbanu Sultan
- water area
- 0
- per capita income
- 24982
- postal code
- 81231
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Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. Gunnison is a college town, home to Western Colorado University.
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