Big Water

Also known as Big Water, Utah, Big Water, UT

town in Kane County, Utah, United States

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Country: United States
State: Utah
County: Kane
Incorporated: December 29, 1983
Total: 5.99 sq mi (15.52 km )
Land: 5.99 sq mi (15.52 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 4,108 ft (1,252 m)
Density: 85.3/sq mi (32.92/km )
Time zone: UTC-7 ( MST )
Summer dst: UTC-6 ( MDT )
Fips code: 49-05534

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Big Water is a town in Kane County, Utah, United States. The population was 449 at the 2020 census, down from 475 at the 2010 census. It is located 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Page, Arizona, on US-89 near Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam. It was originally called Glen Canyon City and housed workers who built the dam in the 1950s.

Big Water made news in the 1980s as a polygamous colony of the Joseph clan. It also made news in 1986, when the mayor Alex Joseph and the city council left the Republican Party to join the Libertarian Party. This made Joseph the first Libertarian city mayor in the history of the U.S. Subsequently, Willy Marshall, also a Libertarian, was elected as the state's first openly gay mayor in 2001.