Map of Big Water town

Big Water is a town in Kane County, Utah, United States. The population was 475 at the 2010 census, up from 417 at the 2000 census. It is located 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Page, Arizona, on US-89 near Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam. It was originally called Glen Canyon City and housed workers who built the dam in the 1950s.

Big Water made news in the 1980s as a polygamous colony of the Joseph clan. It also made news in 1986, when the mayor Alex Joseph and the city council left the Republican Party to join the Libertarian Party. This made Joseph the first Libertarian mayor in the history of the U.S. Subsequently, Willy Marshall, also a Libertarian, was elected as the state’s first openly gay mayor in 2001.

It was the first place in the United States with a city council where every member was in the Libertarian Party.

Big Water town overview:
Name:	Big Water town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Utah
County:	Kane County
Incorporated:	December 29, 1983
Elevation:	4,108 ft (1,252 m)
Total Area:	5.99 sq mi (15.52 km²)
Land Area:	5.99 sq mi (15.52 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	475
Population Density:	85.28/sq mi (32.92/km²)
ZIP code:	84741
Area code:	435
FIPS code:	4905534
GNISfeature ID:	1455970

Online Interactive Map

Big Water online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.