Savery, Wyoming
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Savery is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in southeastern Carbon County,
Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
, United States, on the upper
Little Snake River The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States. It rises near the continental divide, in Routt National Forest in northern Routt County, C ...
. It lies along WYO 70 south of the city of Rawlins, the
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of Carbon County. Its elevation is 6,473 feet (1,973 m). Although Savery is unincorporated, it has a
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with ZIP code 82332, and is home to the Little Snake River Museum. Public education in the community of Savery is provided by Carbon County School District #1. Noted mountain man Jim Baker, died here in 1898. Two recent state representatives, George R. Salisbury, Jr., and his son-in-law, Patrick F. O'Toole, both Democrats, came from Savery. O'Toole and his wife, Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, still operate the Ladder Ranch, founded by George Salisbury's ancestors.


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Unincorporated communities in Carbon County, Wyoming Unincorporated communities in Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub