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St. George is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, and with 95,342 residents at the 2020 census it is Utah's fifth-most populous city and the largest outside the Wasatch Front.

The 2020 census counted 33,554 households in St. George.

St. George was founded in 1861 as part of the cotton mission under Latter-day Saint apostle Erastus Snow, when about 300 families were called at the October 6, 1861 general church conference to grow cotton for the Civil War-torn North, and it was incorporated on January 17, 1862.

The settlement was named after George A. Smith, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it earned the nickname 'Utah's Dixie' from the cotton mission; it became the Washington County seat in 1863.

The St. George Utah Temple was completed in April 1877, making it the church's third temple and the oldest still in active use, and the Brigham Young Winter Home and Office stands in the city.

St. George lies in the northeasternmost part of the Mojave Desert, immediately south of the Pine Valley Mountains, with the Virgin River and Santa Clara River flowing through the valley, 118 miles northeast of Las Vegas and 300 miles south-southwest of Salt Lake City on Interstate 15.

St. George's arid climate averages about 300 sunny days a year, with about 60 afternoons a year topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and the statewide record high of 118 degrees was recorded in south St. George near the Arizona border on July 4, 2007.

St. George is home to Utah Tech University, an NCAA Division I institution, and the region is known for outdoor recreation, including Zion National Park to the east and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve to the north.

The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site preserves Eubrontes dinosaur footprints in the Lower Jurassic Moenave formation.

The 1992 St. George earthquake destroyed three houses and caused about 1 million dollars in damage, and a 100-year flood in January 2005 killed one person and destroyed 28 homes along the Santa Clara River.