Editing San Juan County, Utah

{{Short description|County in Utah, United States}} 
{{For|counties with a similar name|San Juan County (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = San Juan County
| state  = Utah
| seal   = 
| founded year      = 1880
| founded date     = February 17
| seat wl           = Monticello
| largest city wl   = Blanding
| area_total_sq_mi  = 7933
| area_land_sq_mi.  = 7820
| area_water_sq_mi  = 113
| area percentage   = 1.4
| coordinates = {{coord|37.63|-109.81|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-UT_source:UScensus1990}}
| census yr         = 2020
| pop               = 14518
| pop_est_as_of     = 2024
| population_est    = 14601 {{gain}}
| pop_est_footnotes =<ref name="USCensusEst2024"/>
| density_sq_mi = auto
| time zone = Mountain
| web = sanjuancounty.org
| named for = [[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River]]
| ex image = San Juan County Courthouse, Monticello, Utah.jpeg
| ex image cap = San Juan County Courthouse, Monticello
| district = 3rd }}

'''San Juan County''' ({{IPAc-en|s|æ|n|_|ˈ|w|ɑː|n}} {{respell|san|WAHN}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the southeastern portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Utah]]. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population was 14,518.<ref>{{cite web|title=San Juan County, Utah|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/San_Juan_County,_Utah?g=050XX00US49037|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Monticello, Utah|Monticello]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> while its most populous city is [[Blanding, Utah|Blanding]]. The Utah State Legislature named the county for the [[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River]], itself named by [[Spain|Spanish]] [[List of explorers|explorer]]s (in honor of [[John the Apostle|Saint John]]). San Juan County borders [[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], and [[New Mexico]] at the [[Four Corners]].

==History==
The [[Utah Territory]] authorized the creation of San Juan County on February 17, 1880, with territories annexed from [[Iron County, Utah|Iron]], [[Kane County, Utah|Kane]], and [[Piute County|Piute]] counties. There has been no change in its boundaries since its creation. Monticello was founded in 1887, and by 1895 it was large enough to be designated the seat of San Juan County.<ref>{{citation|first=Robert S.|last=McPherson|contribution=Monticello|contribution-url=http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MONTICELLO.html|editor-last=Powell|editor-first=Allan Kent|year=1994|title=Utah History Encyclopedia|location=Salt Lake City UT|publisher=[[University of Utah Press]]|isbn=0874804256|oclc=30473917|access-date=April 1, 2019|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113130023/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MONTICELLO.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Ruins in Montezuma Canyon With stones of Unusual size San Juan Utah.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins in Montezuma Canyon with stones of unusual size]]
San Juan County lies in the southeastern corner of the state of Utah. Its borders coincide with the borders of the states of [[Colorado]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Arizona]] with Utah.<ref name=SJCU>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/San+Juan+County,+UT/@37.7487057,-110.7870944,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8737d125d02a37f5:0xfe1b93f5d35290e7!8m2!3d37.4634157!4d-109.7591675 ''San Juan County UT''  Google Maps (accessed March 31, 2019)]</ref> The convergence point of these borders, [[Four Corners Monument]], is located at the extreme southeastern corner of the county.

The county's terrain generally slopes to the west and the south, with its highest point, [[Mount Peale]], at {{convert|12726|feet}} above sea level.<ref>The Peakbaggers website "Utah County High Points" [https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=13209] lists Mt. Peale elevation at 12,721 feet (accessed March 31, 2019)</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|7933|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|7820|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|113|sqmi}} (1.4%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_49.txt|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 25, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the largest county by area in Utah.

The county's western and southern boundaries lie deep within gorges carved by the [[Colorado River|Colorado]] and [[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan]] Rivers. Tributary canyons, cutting through rock layers of the surrounding deserts, have carved the land up with chasms, cliffs, and plateaus. In the center of the county is [[Cedar Mesa]], [[Comb Wash]], [[Natural Bridges National Monument|Natural Bridges]], and [[Hovenweep National Monument]]s. [[Canyonlands National Park]] lies mainly within the county borders. The Eastern side of [[Glen Canyon National Recreation Area]] / [[Lake Powell]] is also in the county.

The [[Blue Mountains (Utah)|Blue (Abajo) Mountains]] and the [[La Sal Range|La Sal Mountains]] exceed {{convert|12000|ft|m}} in elevation. Both ranges are covered with lush forests, contrasting the scenery below. The elevation change within the county is from nearly {{convert|13000|ft|m}} in the La Sal Mountains to {{convert|3000|ft|m}} at Lake Powell, a difference of about {{convert|10000|ft|m}}.

The county's towns lie primarily on a north-south axis along [[U.S. Route 191 in Utah|U.S. routes 191]] and [[U.S. Route 163#Utah|163]] from [[La Sal, Utah|La Sal]] in the north to [[Monument Valley]] in the south.

===Natural resources===
[[File:House on Fire Ruin.jpg|thumb|House on Fire ruin, one of many [[Ancestral Pueblo]] ruins in the county]]
In 2018, the only operating uranium processing plant in the United States was located in the town of [[Blanding, Utah|Blanding]]; however, the plant was moved to be on standby in 2019.<ref>U.S. Energy Information Administration. (May 2020). [https://www.eia.gov/uranium/production/annual/pdf/dupr2019.pdf "2019 Domestic Uranium Production Report"]. Retrieved October 12, 2020.</ref>

San Juan County is home to numerous oil and gas fields, including [[Squaw Canyon Oil Field]], that produce primarily from the Desert Creek and Ismay Formations.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=UT|US|163}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|US|191}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|US|491}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|46}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|95}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|162}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|261}}
* {{Jct|state=UT|UT|276}}
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:ISS067-E-175591 Confluence of the Escalante and Colorado rivers in Utah.jpg|thumb|right|The border between San Juan (right) and Kane (left) counties along [[Lake Powell]], taken July 4, 2022, from the International Space Station]]
{{div col}}
* [[Grand County, Utah|Grand County]] - north
* [[Mesa County, Colorado]] - northeast
* [[Montrose County, Colorado]] - northeast
* [[San Miguel County, Colorado]] - east
* [[Dolores County, Colorado]] - east
* [[Montezuma County, Colorado]] - east
* [[San Juan County, New Mexico]] - southeast
* [[Apache County, Arizona]] - south
* [[Navajo County, Arizona]] - south
* [[Coconino County, Arizona]] - southwest
* [[Kane County, Utah|Kane County]] - west
* [[Garfield County, Utah|Garfield County]] - west
* [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne County]] - west
* [[Emery County, Utah|Emery County]] - northwest
{{div col end}}
San Juan County is bordered by more counties than any other county in the United States, at 14.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Juan County |url=http://ucdp.utah.edu/t_county/san-juan-county/ |website=The University of Utah |access-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110141129/http://ucdp.utah.edu/t_county/san-juan-county/ |archive-date=January 10, 2020}}</ref>

===Protected areas===
{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* [[Bears Ears National Monument]]
* [[Canyonlands National Park]] (part)
* [[Dark Canyon Wilderness]]
* [[Edge of the Cedars State Park]]
* [[Four Corners Monument]] Navajo Tribal Park (part)
* [[Glen Canyon National Recreation Area]] (part)
* Grand Gulch Primitive Area<ref name=SJCU/>
* [[Goosenecks State Park]]
* [[Hovenweep National Monument]] (part)
* [[Manti-La Sal National Forest]] (part)
* [[Monument Valley]] Navajo Tribal Park (part)
* [[Natural Bridges National Monument]]
* [[Navajo Mountain]]
* [[Rainbow Bridge National Monument]]
* [[Valley of the Gods]]
{{div col end}}

[[Image:Sipapu Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|Sipapu Bridge, in [[Natural Bridges National Monument]] ]]

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 204
| 1890 = 365
| 1900 = 1023
| 1910 = 2377
| 1920 = 3379
| 1930 = 3496
| 1940 = 4712
| 1950 = 5315
| 1960 = 9040
| 1970 = 9606
| 1980 = 12253
| 1990 = 12621
| 2000 = 14413
| 2010 = 14746
| 2020 = 14518
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 14601
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = US Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=US Decennial Census|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref><br>1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ut190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=US Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=June 25, 1995|access-date=March 27, 2015}}</ref><br>1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=US Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=QF>{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 29, 2013|archive-date=June 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606221303/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2020<ref>[https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html 2020 Population and Housing State Data | Utah]</ref>
}}

As of 2017, San Juan County was the poorest county (per capita) in Utah <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/utah-monuments-trump-weir/index.html|title=Trump shrinks Utah monuments in historic move|publisher=CNN|date=December 4, 2017|access-date=December 5, 2017|author=Weir, Bill}}</ref> and one of the [[List of lowest-income counties in the United States|poorest in the United States]].

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+San Juan County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=san+juan+county+utah&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|
[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|7,186
|49.49%
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|6,038
|41.58%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|32
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|34
|0.23%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|481
|3.31%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|747
|5.14%
|}
According to the [[2020 United States census]]<ref name="2020CensusDHC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2023/dec/2020-census-dhc.html|title=2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> and [[American Community Survey|2020 American Community Survey]],<ref name="2020ACS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.2020.html|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2022)|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 3, 2024}}</ref> there were 14,518 people in San Juan County with a [[population density]] of 1.9 people per square mile (0.7/km<sup>2</sup>). Among non-[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] people, the racial makeup was 6,038 (41.6%) [[White Americans|White]], 32 (0.2%) [[African Americans|African American]], 7,186 (49.5%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 34 (0.2%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 51 (0.4%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 26 (0.2%) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]], and 404 (2.8%) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 747 (5.1%) people were Hispanic or Latino.

There were 7,269 (50.07%) males and 7,249 (49.93%) females, and the population distribution by age was 4,176 (28.8%) under the age of 18, 8,104 (55.8%) from 18 to 64, and 2,238 (15.4%) who were at least 65 years old. The median age was 34.6 years.

There were 4,649 households in San Juan County with an average size of 3.12 of which 3,397 (73.1%) were families and 1,252 (26.9%) were non-families. Among all families, 2,359 (50.7%) were [[Marriage|married couples]], 317 (6.8%) were male householders with no spouse, and 721 (15.5%) were female householders with no spouse. Among all non-families, 1,070 (23.0%) were a single person living alone and 182 (3.9%) were two or more people living together. 1,848 (39.8%) of all households had children under the age of 18. 3,708 (79.8%) of households were [[Owner-occupancy|owner-occupied]] while 941 (20.2%) were [[Renting|renter-occupied]].

The median income for a San Juan County household was $49,690 and the median family income was $57,401, with a [[per-capita income]] of $20,088. The median income for males that were [[Full-time job|full-time employees]] was $48,259 and for females $34,092. 22.8% of the population and 18.1% of families were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]].

In terms of education attainment, out of the 9,192 people in San Juan County 25 years or older, 1,313 (14.3%) had [[High school dropouts in the United States|not completed high school]], 2,801 (30.5%) had a [[high school diploma]] or equivalency, 3,316 (36.1%) had some college or [[associate degree]], 1,156 (12.6%) had a [[bachelor's degree]], and 606 (6.6%) had a [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] or [[professional degree]].

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 14,746 people and 4,505 households in San Juan County. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 50.4% Native American, 45.8% White, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% African American and 2.3% reporting two or more races. 4.4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html Census QuickFacts page for San Juan County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606221303/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49/49037.html |date=June 6, 2011 }} accessed June 7, 2012</ref>

==Politics and government==
San Juan County has supported Republican presidents since voting for [[Wendell Willkie]] in 1940. It supported a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] for president in 1896 ([[William Jennings Bryan]]), 1916 ([[Woodrow Wilson]]), and [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]] ([[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]). Though a Republican vote currently secures elections, the area has voted less Republican than the rest of Utah in many national elections. In 2004, for example, [[George W. Bush]] won 60.02% in San Juan County versus 71.54% in the state. In 2020, Democrat [[Joe Biden]] needed 6.13% more votes to win the county from [[Donald Trump]], who secured 51.2% in the county as opposed to 58.13% in the state as a whole. The county is more competitive at the state level due to its high [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] population, which leans Democratic. Notably, the county voted for the Democratic candidates in the [[1988 Utah gubernatorial election|1988]] and [[2000 Utah gubernatorial election|2000]] gubernatorial elections, both of which Republican candidates won.

Federally mandated commissioner districts put many [[Navajo]] voters in one district. The San Juan County Board of Commissioners has been majority white for many years. In 2016, a Federal District Court decision found voting districts violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. Before the 2016 court decision, the county used an at-large voting system to elect commissioners.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Krista Langlois|title=How a Utah county silenced Native American voters — and how Navajos are fighting back|url=https://ecf.utd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?212cv0039-312|access-date=June 20, 2016|work=US Courts|date=June 13, 2011}}</ref>

In 2018, the first-ever majority-Navajo commission was seated. Two of the three county commissioners, Willie Grayeyes and Kenneth Maryboy, are board members of Utah Diné Bikeyah, which supported the creation of Bears Ears National Monument.<ref>{{cite news|title=2018: A year of schism |publisher=Navajo Times |page=A1 |date=December 27, 2018 |author=Cindy Yurth}}</ref> In a 2019 special election, Proposition 10, which would have changed the structure of the county government to include five county commissioners, was blocked needing 153 more popular votes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grabar |first1=Henry |title=The Battle for San Juan County, Utah |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/san-juan-county-utah-native-americans-republicans-bears-ears.html |website=SLATE |date=August 25, 2020 |access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref> The proposition, spearheaded by [[Blanding, Utah|Blanding]] Mayor Joe Lyman, was characterized by opponents as an effort to undermine the Navajo-majority county commission.<ref>{{cite news|title=San Juan County voters defeat ballot measure to study change in government|date=November 8, 2019|last=Podmore|first=Zak|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/11/08/san-juan-county-voters/|access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref> Mayor Joe Lyman characterized the proposition as a way to restore representation to Blanding, the county's largest city. He states, "I don't like how we arrived at the commissioners we have because it felt like a judicial appointment," and that "the vote is very evenly split."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Groetzinger |first1=Kate |title=County Government Fails By Close Margin |url=https://www.kuer.org/elections/2019-11-08/proposition-to-change-san-juan-county-government-fails-by-close-margin |website=KUER |date=November 9, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>

As of March 2020, efforts were underway to bring municipal water and electrical service to the 29-home Diné ([[Navajo]]) community of Westwater, which has existed for decades with neither just outside the city limits of Blanding.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/03/11/utah-ask-navajo-nation/ | title=How state and tribal leaders hope to bring water to Westwater }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+State elected offices
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;" |Position
!District
! style="text-align:center;" |Name
! valign="bottom" |Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;" |First elected
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|27
| style="text-align:center;" |[[David Hinkins]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2008<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Hinkins Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/HINKIDP/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|73
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Phil Lyman]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Lyman, Phil|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/LYMANP/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:lightgrey" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|14
| style="text-align:center;" |Mark Huntsman
| style="text-align:center;" |Nonpartisan
| style="text-align:center;" |2014<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Huntsman|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/markhuntsman|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
|}
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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|2,004|1,639|692|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,377|1,407|53|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,598|1,145|15|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,774|763|113|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,856|1,182|184|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,893|677|203|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,393|680|262|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,371|993|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,408|837|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,119|425|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|876|421|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|558|418|7|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|513|367|1|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|528|515|4|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|432|520|9|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|460|459|21|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|449|231|5|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|380|232|56|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|523|260|24|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|213|448|15|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1912|Tie|146|146|100|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|130|109|6|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|135|36|1|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|81|72|3|Utah}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|8|167|0|Utah}}

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Blanding, Utah|Blanding]]
* [[Monticello, Utah|Monticello]] (county seat)

===Town===
* [[Bluff, Utah|Bluff]]

===Census-designated places===
{{div col}}
* [[Aneth, Utah|Aneth]]
* [[Halchita, Utah|Halchita]]
* [[Halls Crossing, Utah|Halls Crossing]]
* [[La Sal, Utah|La Sal]]
* [[Mexican Hat, Utah|Mexican Hat]]
* [[Montezuma Creek, Utah|Montezuma Creek]]
* [[Navajo Mountain, Utah|Navajo Mountain]]
* [[Oljato-Monument Valley, Utah|Oljato-Monument Valley]]
* [[Spanish Valley, Utah|Spanish Valley]]
* [[Tselakai Dezza, Utah|Tselakai Dezza]]
* [[White Mesa, Utah|White Mesa]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Eastland, Utah|Eastland]]
* [[Ucolo, Utah|Ucolo]]

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of counties in Utah]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan County, Utah]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|San Juan County, Utah}}
* {{official|http://sanjuancounty.org/}}
* {{osmrelation|416536}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = San Juan County
|North     = [[Grand County, Utah|Grand County]]
|Northeast = [[Montrose County, Colorado]]<br>[[Mesa County, Colorado]]
|East      = [[San Miguel County, Colorado]]<br>[[Dolores County, Colorado]]<br>[[Montezuma County, Colorado]]
|Southeast = [[San Juan County, New Mexico]]
|South     = [[Navajo County, Arizona]]<br>[[Apache County, Arizona]]
|Southwest = [[Coconino County, Arizona]]
|West      = [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne County]]<br>[[Garfield County, Utah|Garfield County]]
|Northwest = [[Kane County, Utah|Kane County]]<br>[[Emery County, Utah|Emery County]]
}}

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