Facts About Grand Junction
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The Town of Grand Junction was Incorporated on the 22nd of July 1882.
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The city has a total area of 38.6 square miles, with 38.2 square miles of its land, and 0.39 square miles, or 0.87% of its water.
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Grand Junction has been nicknamed “River City”.
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The estimated population of Grand Junction is 65,560, as of 2020, making Grand Junction the 17th most populous Colorado municipality and the most populous city in western Colorado.
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The community was finally named for the junction of the two rivers, Grand being an early name for the Colorado River.
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George Addison Crawford is known as the ‘Father of Grand Junction’, prior to moving to Colorado, Crawford founded 3 cities in Kansas.
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Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States
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Grand Junction’s Colorado National Monument was home to a stage in the Coors Classic bicycle race known as “The Tour of the Moon” due to the Monument’s unique landscape.
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The first known civilization in Grand Junction was here in 200 A.D. and know as the Fremont.
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In 2019, Grand Junction, CO had a population of 62.1k people with a median age of 37.1 and a median household income of $52,504.
