Gunlock State Park
Gunlock State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, adjoining the Gunlock Reservoir that impounds the Santa Clara River. The park is located approximately northwest of St George. The reservoir dam was constructed in 1970 for irrigation water a ...
Red Mountains
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along local roads, northwest of the city of
St. George
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, the county seat of Washington County. Its elevation is . Although Gunlock is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84733.
History
Gunlock was first settled in 1857 by William "Gunlock Will" Hamblin, a pioneer settler and brother of Jacob Hamblin. During a visit to the site later that year George Albert Smith (an LDS Churchgeneral authority) named the community in honor of its first settler. In 1862, following severe flooding on the Santa Clara River at the community's former site, the original settlement was moved north to its present location.
In 1881 an adobe church/ schoolhouse was completed; although classes were held in the building prior to its completion. That building was replaced by another church/schoolhouse in 1912. After several renovations over more than a century since its completion, the second building now serves as the Gunlock
town hall
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.
Events
Gunlock is the site of the Annual Gunlock Rodeo. The Rodeo is held traditionally on or around the
4th of July
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* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
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. This event has been held in Gunlock annually since 1945 and revenue from the event helps support community facilities.