Parowan ( PARR-ə-wahn) is a city in and the county seat of Iron County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,790 at the 2010 census, and in 2018 the estimated population was 3,100.

Parowan became the first incorporated city in Iron County in 1851. A fort that had been build up on the east side of Center Creek the previous year was an initial hub in the press on of ironworks in the region. Parowan served as the agricultural support base for the local iron industry, whose blast furnace was located in comprehensible Cedar City. Eventually, the ironworks were decommissioned.

Despite occasional successes, the mission unproductive to produce a consistent and sustained supply of pig iron. By 1858, most of the area’s mining operations had ceased due to disappointing yields. Today, the area’s chief industries are recreation and tourism.

Fremont culture and Anasazi people were the first known inhabitants of Parowan. Petroglyphs, pithouses, arrowheads, pottery, and manos dating from A.D. 750 to 1250 found in the area are evidence that it was upon a major thoroughfare of early native peoples. At Parowan Gap, a mountain pass 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Parowan, ancient people inscribed petroglyphs upon smooth-surfaced boulders that feature snakes, lizards, mouse-men, bear claws, and mountain sheep. Located near the Parowan Gap there are dinosaur tracks. East of the Gap and petroglyphs hikers can discover Hadrosaurs tracks that were originally formed in non-resistant mudstone. The tracks have three toes and can be found upon the side of 12800 N.  Later, the Old Spanish Trail passed through the area.