Gunnison is a city in the Sevier Valley in southwestern Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,509 at the 2020 census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.
Looking south down Gunnison's Main Street (US-89), June 2005
Looking north along the west side of Main Street (US-89) in Gunnison, September 2010
Sanpete County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 28,437. Its county seat is Manti, and its largest city is Ephraim. The county was created in 1850.
Sanpete County Courthouse
Turkeys in a typical holding pen in northern Sanpete County near Moroni