St. George is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States. Located in southwestern Utah on the Arizona border, it is the principal city of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies in the northeasternmost part of the Mojave Desert, immediately south of the Pine Valley Mountains, which mark the southern boundary of the Great Basin. St. George lies slightly northwest of the Colorado Plateau, which ends at the Hurricane Fault. The city is 118 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 300 miles south-southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, on Interstate 15. The population was 95,342 at the 2020 census, with the overall MSA having an estimated population of 180,279. St. George is the fifth-largest city in Utah and most populous city in the state outside of the Wasatch Front. The city was settled in 1861 as a cotton mission, earning it the nickname "Dixie". While the crop never became a successful commodity, the area steadily grew in population.

Country: United States
State: Utah
County: Washington
Founded: 1861
Incorporated: January 17, 1862
Named for: George A. Smith
Type: Mayor – Council
Mayor: Michelle Randall
City Manager: John Willis
Water: 0.72%
Population (2020): 95,342
Estimate (2022): 102,519
Rank: US: 320th, UT: 5th
Urban: 134,109 (US: 255th)
Metro: 197,680 (US: 234th)
Demonym(s): St. Georgian
Time zone: Mountain (MST) (UTC–7)
Summer (DST): MDT (UTC–6)
ZIP Codes: 84770, 84771, 84790, 84791
Area code(s): 435
FIPS code: 49-65330
GNIS feature ID: 1455098
Sales tax: 6.75%
Website: sgcity.org
Wikidata description: city in Washington County, Utah, United States
Wikidata id: Q52472
Wikidata label: St. George
Wikidata aliases: Array
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