Uintah County
Sign in to savecounty in northeastern Utah, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Utah
- Founded
- February 18, 1880
- Named after
- Ute Tribe
- Seat
- Vernal
- Largest city
- Vernal
- Total
- 4,501 sq mi (11,660 km )
- Land
- 4,480 sq mi (11,600 km )
- Water
- 22 sq mi (57 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,278
- Density
- 7.95/sq mi (3.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .uintah .ut .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Uintah County (/juːˈɪntə/ yoo-IN-tə) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census the population was 35,620. Its county seat and largest city is Vernal. The county was named for the portion of the Ute Indian tribe that lived in the basin.
Uintah County is the largest natural gas producer in Utah, with 272 billion cubic feet produced in 2008.