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I-70, U.S. Highway 6, U.S. Highway 50, CO SH 340, CO SH 141, CO SH 139. Website. www .gjcity .org. Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the seat of government and largest city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [1] Grand Junction's population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the most populous city in ...
The Grand Junction Climax Mill was operative for 19 years and produced 2.2 million tons of radioactive tailings, according to the US Department of Energy. From the early 1950s to 1966, Climax donated approximately 300,000 tons of radioactive uranium tailings from the mill to the city of Grand Junction for use as construction material.
The Government Highline Canal. The functional Government High Line Canal, also known as the Grand Valley Project, runs along the settled northern edge of the Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado. The canal was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and is owned by the federal government, through authorization of the 1902 Reclamation Act.
Mesa County, Colorado. / 39.02°N 108.47°W / 39.02; -108.47. Mesa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,703. [ 2] The county seat and most populous municipality is Grand Junction. [ 3] The county was named for the many large mesas in the area, including the Grand Mesa ...
Grand Junction Regional Center is a center in Grand Junction, Colorado, providing services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. [1] It was previously known as the State Home for Mental Defectives. It is located on the site of the now-defunct Teller Institute, an off-reservation boarding school that attempted to forcefully ...
The Grand River was renamed the Colorado River in 1921, but the county retains the original name. 15,935: 1,868.53 sq mi (4,839 km 2) Gunnison County: 051: Gunnison: 1877-03-09: Split from Lake County. Named in honor of John Williams Gunnison, the U.S. Army captain who explored the region. 17,321: 3,259.22 sq mi (8,441 km 2) Hinsdale County ...
D S Rd., 16 miles (26 km) west of Glade Park. 38°56′55″N 108°58′35″W. / 38.948584°N 108.976400°W / 38.948584; -108.976400 ( Coates Creek Schoolhouse) Glade Park. One-room schoolhouse. 6. Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex. Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex. More images.
Glenwood Springs is the principal city of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area . As of the census [ 37 ] of 2000, there were 7,736 people, 3,216 households, and 1,926 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,611 inhabitants per square mile (622/km 2 ).