Big Horn County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 11,521. The county seat is Basin. Its north boundary abuts the south boundary of Montana.
Basin is a town in, and the county seat of, Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2020 census. The community is located near the center of the Bighorn Basin with the Big Horn River east of the town. Basin's post office, built in 1919, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Burlington is a town in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 288 at the 2010 census.
Cowley is a town in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 655 at the 2010 census. In 2019 the US Census Bureau put that figure at 623.
Hyattville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 75 at the 2010 census.
Thermopolis is the county seat and largest town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town population was 2,725.
Buffalo is a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The city is located almost equidistant between Yellowstone Park and Mount Rushmore. The population was 4,415 at the 2020 census, down from 4,585 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Johnson County. The city has experienced an economic boom due to methane production from the Coal Bed Methane Extraction method used in the Powder River Basin and surrounding areas. However, with the decline of methane production, Buffalo's population has stabilized since the 2010 Census. Even though energy is a vital part of its economy, agriculture, tourism, and recreation are three other major components. Buffalo is located at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains.
Big Horn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 198 at the 2000 census and 490 at the 2010 census.
Worland is a city in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,487 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washakie County. It is located within the Big Horn Basin and along the Big Horn River in northwestern Wyoming.
Frannie is a town in Big Horn and Park counties in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The population was 157 at the 2010 census.
The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains, flows generally northeast through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, and empties into the Yellowstone River at Miles City, Montana. Most of the course of the river is through the beautiful and varied landscapes of eastern Montana, including the Tongue River Canyon, the Tongue River breaks, the pine hills of southern Montana, and the buttes and grasslands that were formerly the home of vast migratory herds of American bison.
The Bighorn Mountains are a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States, forming a northwest-trending spur from the Rocky Mountains extending approximately 200 mi (320 km) northward on the Great Plains. They are separated from the Absaroka Range, which lie on the main branch of the Rockies to the west, by the Bighorn Basin. Much of the land is contained within the Bighorn National Forest.
The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles (160 km) wide, in north-central Wyoming in the United States. It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Pryor Mountains on the north, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains and Bridger Mountains on the south. It is drained to the north by tributaries of the Bighorn River, which enters the basin from the south, through a gap between the Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, as the Wind River, and becomes the Bighorn as it enters the basin. The region is semi-arid, receiving only 6–10 in (15–25 cm) of rain annually.
Big Horn County School District #1 is a public school district based in Cowley, Wyoming, United States. The superintendent is Ben Smith. The district was consolidated in the 1980s from smaller districts in Burlington, Byron, Cowley, Deaver-Frannie.
Riverside High School is a public high school in Basin, Wyoming, United States. It is attended by students from throughout Big Horn County School District #4. The mascot is the rebel.
Emblem is an unincorporated community in western Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The community has an official population of 10, although the surrounding rural area increases the number to over 100. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 14, 16 and 20, west-northwest of the town of Basin, the county seat of Big Horn County. Its elevation is 4,449 ft (1,356 m). Although Emblem is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82422.
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The town was founded in 1891 as a major railway town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
Big Horn County School District #4 is a public school district based in Basin, Wyoming, United States.
Wyoming Highway 30 (WYO 30) is a 26.02-mile-long (41.88 km) Wyoming state highway known locally as Otto Road located in southwestern Big Horn County. The highway serves the town of Burlington and unincorporated community of Otto.
