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Grand Junction is also a prominent college town, home to Colorado Mesa University. Grand Junction is the principal city of the Grand Junction metropolitan area, which had 155,703 residents in 2020. The city is located in the heart of the Grand Valley, a large Colorado River valley stretching over 30 miles east-to-west and 5 miles north-to-south.
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, which is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world.
Colorado Mesa University (CMU or Mesa) is a public university in Grand Junction, Colorado. Originally established in 1925 as Grand Junction Junior College, the school was renamed to Mesa College in 1937. The college began offering bachelor's degrees in 1974, and in 1988, changed its name to Mesa State College to reflect its growing educational ...
Grand Junction Regional Airport (IATA: GJT[ 3 ], ICAO: KGJT, FAA LID: GJT) is three miles (4.8 km) northeast of Grand Junction, in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. [ 2 ] Owned by the Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority, [ 2 ] it is the largest airport in western Colorado and third largest in the state, behind Denver International ...
Independence Monument is a 5,739-foot-elevation (1,749 meter) sandstone pillar located in Colorado National Monument, in Mesa County of western Colorado, United States. [1] This iconic 450-foot-high landmark is situated one mile southeast of the monument's visitor center, and 9 miles (14 km) west of the community of Grand Junction, where it ...
The most populated areas of the Western slope are the Tri County area, which contains Grand Junction, Montrose, and Delta, and the Intermountain area, containing Glenwood Springs, Aspen, and Vail. Grand Junction is the largest city between Denver, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah, with a population of 61,881 (2016, US Census Bureau).
The Grand Mesa is a large mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. [ 1 ] It has an area of about 500 square miles (1,300 km 2 ) and stretches for about 40 miles (60 km) east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison River , its tributary to the south.
Grand Junction, an Australian country music band. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, a daily newspaper in western Colorado. Grand Junction High School a public high school in Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction Junior College, a campus of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. Grand Junction milkvetch, the common name for ...