Jensen, Utah

Jensen, Utah
Jensen, Utah
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	Location in Uintah County and the state of Utah
	Coordinates: 40°22′02″N 109°21′26″W / 40.36722°N 109.35722°W
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Uintah
Settled	1877
Named for	Lars Jensen
Elevation	4,760 ft (1,450 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	372
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code	84035
Area code	435
GNIS feature ID	2629950

Jensen is a census-designated place in eastern Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 372 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Green River and U.S. Route 40, southeast of the city of Vernal, the county seat of Uintah County, and about 17 miles west of the Colorado border.^[3] Although Jensen is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84035.^[4]

Jensen was first settled in 1877 and named for Lars Jensen,^[5] an early prospector and ferryman. Today its main importance is as the Utah entrance to Dinosaur National Monument.

^ ^a ^b "Jensen, Utah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 103.
^ Zip Code Lookup
^ The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10. 1918. p. 190.

[gnis-1] "Jensen, Utah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[census-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[3] Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 103.

[4] Zip Code Lookup

[5] The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10. 1918. p. 190.

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