Blairtown is an unincorporated community in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. [1] It is located near Rock Springs. [2]
Many key industries are located here, including Halliburton and Schlumberger.[ citation needed ] This is a stretch of road that intersects with U.S. Route 191.
This town was actually a mining area before it became a town. It was started by the Blair Brothers back in the 1860s. It has its own park and is located near a set of Union Pacific Railroad.[ citation needed ]
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Sweetwater County is a county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 42,272, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Green River. By area, it is the largest county in Wyoming. Its southern boundary line abuts the north lines of the states of Colorado and Utah.
Arrowhead Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 63 at the 2010 census.
Clearview Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 795 at the 2010 census.
Farson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 313 at the 2010 census.
Granger is a town along Blacks Fork near the western edge of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census. It is located near the confluence of the Blacks Fork and the Hams Fork rivers. The geography of the area is flat with semi-arid scrub.
James Town is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 536 at the 2010 census.
Little America is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 68 at the 2010 census. The community got its name from the Little America motel, which was purposefully located in a remote location as a haven, not unlike the Little America base camp the polar explorer Richard E. Byrd set up in the Antarctic in 1928. However, being situated on a coast-to-coast highway and offering travel services, it thrived, launching a chain of travel facilities by the same name. Its developer, Robert Earl Holding, died on April 19, 2013, with a personal net worth of over $3 billion.
North Rock Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 2,207 at the 2010 census.
Purple Sage is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 535 at the 2010 census.
Reliance is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 714 at the 2010 census.
Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 23,036 at the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populous city in the state of Wyoming, and the most populous city in Sweetwater County. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975. Rock Springs is known as the Home of 56 Nationalities because of the influx of immigrants from all over the world who came to work in the coal mines that supplied the fuel to power the steam engines of the Union Pacific Railroad. The city's rich cultural heritage is celebrated each summer on International Day, a festival where the foods, costumes, and traditions of residents' ancestors are recreated and enjoyed at Bunning Park in downtown Rock Springs.
Sweeney Ranch is an unincorporated community in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 17 at the 2000 census, when it was a census-designated place (CDP).
Washam is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 51 at the 2010 census.
The Big Sandy River is a 141-mile-long (227 km) tributary of the Green River in Wyoming in the United States.
There are several lakes named Mud Lake within the U.S. state of Wyoming.
Bitter Creek is an 80-mile-long stream in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It passes through several Wyoming counties including Sweetwater and Carbon. The creek rises near the Delaney Rim on the western side of Wyoming's Red Desert in Carbon County. For most of its course, Bitter Creek parallels the path of the transcontinental railroad, and the modern route of Interstate 80. It flows through the cities of Rock Springs and Green River before emptying into the Green River.
Western Wyoming Community College (Western) is a public community college in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Western offers certificates, associate degrees, and a bachelor's degree. The college students are known as the Mustangs.
Bryan is a ghost town in Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Bryan is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Green River along the Blacks Fork River, and for a short time was the local headquarters and division point of the Union Pacific Railroad. Today, only a few concrete foundations remain.
Dines is an extinct town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States.