Gunnison County

Gunnison County is a county in the state of Colorado in the United States.

As of the census in 2020, there were 16,918 people living there.

Gunnison is the county seat.

John W. Gunnison was an officer in the U.S. Army and a captain in the Army Topographical Engineers. In 1853, he did surveys for the transcontinental railroad.

The county has a total area of 3,260 square miles (8,400 km2), of which 3,239 square miles (8,390 km2) are land and 21 square miles (54 km2) (0.6%) are water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

It is the fifth biggest county in Colorado in terms of land area. Gunnison, Colorado, is the county seat.

It is in a wide valley where Tomichi Creek and the Gunnison River meet.

Here is a list of cities, towns, and villages in Gunnison County, Colorado: