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Moab (/ ˈ m oʊ. æ b / ⓘ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Grand County [5] in eastern Utah in the western United States, known for its dramatic scenery. The population was 5,366 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
The largest city is the state's capital of Salt Lake City with a population of 194,188, and the former coal mining town of Scofield is the smallest town with 15 people. [ 1 ] In 2015, a new form of local government, the metro township, was created. [ 7 ]
In 1881 the area was known as Grand Valley, and Moab was a "wild west" town. A 1991 visitor to Moab later said it was the toughest town in Utah because the area and surrounding country have many deep canyons, rivers, mountains, and wilderness areas, becoming a hideout for outlaws. The local economy was initially based on farming and livestock.
Four blocks off of Main Street in Moab, Utah, Milt's Stop & Eat was open by Milt and Audrey Galbraith in September 1954. The Galbraiths moved to Moab during the town’s uranium boom and opened their restaurant the same year. [5] It is the oldest restaurant in the city and has largely remained the same as it was in 1954. [6]
Canyonlands National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons , mesas , and buttes by the Colorado River , the Green River , and their respective tributaries.
The representation as United Express ended in early 2002 and Great Lakes continued serving Moab under their own identity. Salmon Air, May 2004 to June 2006, Piper Navajos to Salt Lake City. [10] [11] Air Midwest dba America West Express, July 2, 2006, to November 3, 2007, Beechcraft 1900Ds to Salt Lake City and Phoenix. The Phoenix flight ...
An Australian company and its U.S. subsidiaries are analyzing the saline waters in a geologic formation shared by Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, an area called the Paradox Basin.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.