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Vernal
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city in and seat of Uintah County, Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- County
- Uintah
- Named after
- Vernal
- Total
- 4.62 sq mi (11.97 km )
- Land
- 4.62 sq mi (11.97 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 5,358 ft (1,633 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 10,432
- Density
- 2,258.3/sq mi (871.95/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Zip codes
- 84078-84079
- Fips code
- 49-80090
- Website
- vernalcity.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Vernal
- Population
- 10079
- Area
- 11.949452
- Elevation
- 1624
- Official website
- www.vernalcity.org
- Image
- East entry to Vernal, Utah, on US-40 (7063605801).jpg
- Households
- 3194
- Dialing code
- 435
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- Commons category
- Vernal, Utah
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- postal code
- 84079
- P8168
- Tekovské Lužany
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 21672
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Vernal is the county seat of and the largest city in Uintah County, Utah, approximately 175 miles (280 km) east of Salt Lake City and 20 miles (32 km) west of the Colorado border. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,079. The population has since grown to 10,432 as of the 2022 population estimate.
Vernal is home to the Vernal Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and one of the nine statewide regional campuses of Utah State University. The city serves as a gateway to the nearby Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge, and the Uinta Mountain Range.