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Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 19,581. Its county seat is Kemmerer. Its western border abuts the eastern borders of the states of Idaho and Utah.
Assumption is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,155 as of the 2020 census.
Torrington is a city in, and the county seat of, Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,501 at the 2010 census.
Afton is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 2,172 at the 2020 census.
Cokeville is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 502 at the 2020 census. The town is best known for the Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis.
Kemmerer is the largest city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 2,415 at the 2020 census.
Edgar Jacob Herschler was an American politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of Wyoming from 1975 to 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving Governor of Wyoming with three full terms; since a two-term limit for governors was approved by a ballot initiative in 1992, he has remained as such.
Frontier is an unincorporated community in southern Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It lies just north of the city of Kemmerer, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 6,932 feet (2,113 m). Although Frontier is unincorporated, it had a post office, with the ZIP code of 83121 which closed in 2011.
The Bridger National Forest was first established by the U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1911 in Wyoming with 577,580 acres (2,337.4 km2) from part of Bonneville National Forest. On May 14, 1923 Bridger was transferred Wyoming National Forest, and the name was discontinued. On March 10, 1943 Wyoming was renamed Bridger. In 1973 Bridger National Forest was administratively combined with Teton National Forest, creating Bridger-Teton National Forest. In descending order of land area, Bridger National Forest lands are located in Sublette, Lincoln, Fremont, and Teton counties. There are local ranger district offices in Afton, Big Piney, Kemmerer, and Pinedale. Its administrative headquarters reside in Jackson, Wyoming as part of the combined Bridger-Teton National Forest. Its current area of 1,736,075 acres (7,025.65 km²) represents 51.02% of the combined Bridger-Teton's area of 3,402,644 acres (13,770.01 km²). The forest includes all of the National Wilderness Preservation System's officially designated Bridger Wilderness.
The Lincoln County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Kemmerer, the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. The courthouse's architecture is an unusual mixture of the Beaux-Arts and Classical Revival styles. Built in 1925, it was designed by the Salt Lake City architectural company of Headlund & Watkins. Located at the intersection of Sage Avenue and Garnet Street, the courthouse includes a high dome and classical façade, supported by large brick walls.
Kemmerer Junior Senior High School is a high school in rural Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It is the only high school in its school district, Lincoln County School District Number 1. Kemmerer, Cokeville High School, and Star Valley High School are the only high schools in Lincoln County
Star Valley High School is a high school located in rural Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It is one of three high schools in Lincoln County School District Number 2, along with Cokeville High School, and Swift Creek High School. It is one of four high schools, along with Cokeville High School, Swift Creek High school, and Kemmerer High School, in Lincoln County.
Sweetwater County School District #1 is a public school district based in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States.
Goshen County School District #1 is a public school district based in Torrington, Wyoming, United States.
Lincoln County School District #2 is a public school district based in Afton, Wyoming, United States.
Wyoming Highway 233 is a 19.29-mile-long (31.04 km) state highway in south-central Lincoln County, Wyoming that serves the town of Frontier and outlying areas to the northwest, including the Viva Naughton Reservoir. In addition WYO 233 provides access to the Kemmerer Municipal Airport.
The Kemmerer Hotel in Kemmerer, Wyoming was a hotel having historic status—it was added to the National Register of Historic Places—which was nonetheless demolished in 2003. The hotel nonetheless remained on the National Register until 2013, when it was delisted.
Charles Stuart Brown was an associate justice and chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from March 26, 1981, until his retirement on June 30, 1988.
Daniel D. Spani, known as D.D. Spani, was an American architect who practiced in Rock Springs, Wyoming. His work includes Rock Springs Elks' Lodge No. 624, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its unique-in-Wyoming architecture, and other architectural landmarks of the city.
Roy Harlie Edwards was an American politician from Wyoming.
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