Wamsutter, Wyoming
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Wamsutter is a town in
Sweetwater County Sweetwater County is a County (United States), county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 42,272, making it the List of counties in Wyoming, fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its ...
,
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, United States. The population was 203 at the 2020 census. The original inhabitants of the area were the
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and
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tribes. Westerners only began to settle in the county with the coming of the
railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in the 1860s. Originally, the town was known as Washakie. Confusion with nearby
Fort Washakie Fort Washakie was a U.S. Army fort in what is now the U.S. state of Wyoming. The fort was established in 1869 and named Camp Augur after General Christopher C. Augur, commander of the Department of the Platte. In 1870 the camp was renamed Cam ...
prompted an 1884 name change to Wamsutter, after a
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bridge engineer. The town, which bills itself as "The Gateway to the Red Desert" is located along
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between Rawlins and Rock Springs, on the easternmost border of Sweetwater County. The natural gas industry has exerted great influence on Wamsutter in recent years, through employment opportunities in the area, and by contributing to the community directly. Wamsutter is the largest settlement, and the only incorporated town in the
Great Divide Basin The Great Divide Basin or Great Divide Closed Basin is an area of land in the Red Desert of Wyoming where none of the water falling as rain to the ground drains into any ocean, directly or indirectly. It is thus an endorheic basin, one of seve ...
.


Geography

Wamsutter is located at (41.670839, –107.977457). According to the
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, the town has a total area of , all land.


Climate

According to the
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system, Wamsutter has a
cold semi-arid climate Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic ...
, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Wamsutter was on July 28, 1897, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 1, 1979, and February 2, 2011.


Demographics


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 451 people, 189 households, and 112 families residing in the town. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
was . There were 286 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 82.7%
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, 0.7%
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, 2.9% Native American, 11.1% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 19.7% of the population. There were 189 households, of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were
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living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.7% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.96. The median age in the town was 38.3 years. 25.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.9% were from 25 to 44; 33.6% were from 45 to 64; and 6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 58.1% male and 41.9% female.


2000 census

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 261 people, 100 households, and 65 families residing in the town. The
population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...
was 198.7 people per square mile (76.9/km2). There were 148 housing units at an average density of 112.6 per square mile (43.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 93.87%
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, 0.77% Native American, 3.07% from other races, and 2.30% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 13.03% of the population. There were 100 households, out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.25. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.4% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 3.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 119.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 126.6 males. The median income for a household in the town was $35,625, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $34,643 versus $20,000 for females. The
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for the town was $18,943. About 11.4% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the
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, including 20.6% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.


Education

Public education in the town of Wamsutter is provided by Sweetwater County School District #1.
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agreement
of the respective boards of trustees. Wamsutter has a
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, a branch of the Sweetwater County Library System.


References

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