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Fort Duchesne is a census-designated place in Uintah County, Utah, pronounced duːˈʃeɪn.

The 2020 census counted 546 residents in Fort Duchesne, down from 714 in 2010, a decline of 23.5 percent.

The community grew up around a United States Army fort established in 1886 and closed in 1912.

Fort Duchesne lies within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, established in 1864, onto which several bands of Ute people were forced about 1880.

The community is the headquarters of the Ute Indian Tribe.

At the 2020 census, 83.9 percent of Fort Duchesne's residents were American Indian alone, and the largest detailed ancestries were the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, at 39.6 percent, and Ute, at 32.6 percent.

The census-designated place covers 7.6 square miles, including 7.0 square miles of land and 0.66 square miles of water, at an elevation of 4,990 feet, and its ZIP code is 84026.

At the 2000 census, Fort Duchesne had 621 people in 165 households, with a median age of 24 years.

In the 2000 census, about 19.86 percent of residents spoke Colorado River Numic at home, with smaller numbers speaking Shoshoni and Navajo.

Fort Duchesne has a cold semi-arid climate with dramatic temperature swings, from a record high of 107 degrees Fahrenheit to a record low of minus 40, and only about 6 inches of precipitation a year.