Gunnison is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 6,560 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for a transcontinental railroad in 1853. Gunnison is a college town, home to Western Colorado University.
Mountain West
Gunnison
Gunnison County, CO
Population
6,629
Walk Score
80 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,101
Median home value
$408,600
[[Municipal corporation
1880
From Wikipedia. Released under CC BY-SA.
On the National Register
Historic districts
- Curecanti Archeological District
- Curecanti Archeological District · listed 1984
Notable landmarks
- Chance Gulch Site · listed 2006
- Edgerton House · listed 1998
- Fisher-Zugelder House and Smith Cottage · listed 1984
- Gunnison River Bridge I · listed 2002
- Gunnison River Bridge II · listed 2002
- Vienna Bakery-Johnson Restaurant · listed 2005
- Webster Building · listed 1984
- Old Agency Fortfified Site (5SH49)
Add to this page
Know this town? Share a tip, a memory, or a photo for other visitors.
New towns in your inbox.
An occasional dispatch when we add towns or publish a trip idea. No spam, ever.