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Fremont County
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county in western Wyoming, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wyoming
- Founded
- March 5, 1884
- Named after
- John C. Frémont
- Seat
- Lander
- Largest city
- Riverton
- Total
- 9,266 sq mi (24,000 km )
- Land
- 9,184 sq mi (23,790 km )
- Water
- 82 sq mi (210 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 39,464
- Density
- 4.272/sq mi (1.649/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- www .fremontcountywy .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John C. Frémont
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wyoming
- Contains
- Lander
- Capital
- Lander
- Population
- 39234
- Area
- 23998
- Shares border with
- Park County
- Official website
- www.fremontcountywy.org
- Image
- Fremont County Courthouse (Front).JPG
- Households
- 14834
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- different from
- Fremont County
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Fremont County
- Commons category
- Fremont County, Wyoming
- topic's main category
- Category:Fremont County, Wyoming
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- per capita income
- 27475
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Encyclopedic overview
John C. Frémont
Fremont County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 39,234, making it the fifth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Lander. The county was founded in 1884 and is named for John C. Frémont, a general, explorer, and politician. It is roughly the size of the state of Vermont. Fremont County comprises the Riverton, WY Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fremont County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.