Gunnison, Colorado | |
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Motto: "Base Camp of the Rocky Mountains" | |
Location of the City of Gunnison in the United States. | |
Coordinates: 38°32′53″N 106°55′29″W / 38.54806°N 106.92472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Gunnison County[1] |
Incorporated | March 1, 1880[2] |
Named for | John W. Gunnison |
Government | |
• Type | Home Rule Municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Diego Plata[citation needed] |
• City Manager | Amanda Wilson[citation needed] |
• State Representative | Marc Catlin[citation needed] |
Area | |
• Total | 4.849 sq mi (12.558 km2) |
• Land | 4.849 sq mi (12.558 km2) |
• Water | 0.000 sq mi (0.000 km2) |
Elevation | 7,710 ft (2,350 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,560 |
• Density | 1,353/sq mi (522/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP codes[5] | 81230-81231 and 81247 |
Area code | 970 |
FIPS code | 08-33640 |
GNIS feature ID | 2410674[4] |
Website | www |
Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gunnison County, Colorado.[1][6] The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States Census.[3] The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853.[7]
Gunnison is a college town, home to Western Colorado University, the oldest university in western Colorado.