Wamsutter

Also known as Wamsutter, Wyoming, Wamsutter, WY

town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Wyoming
County: Sweetwater
Total: 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km )
Land: 1.63 sq mi (4.21 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 6,746 ft (2,056 m)
Density: 287.0/sq mi (110.82/km )
Time zone: UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
Summer dst: UTC-6 (MDT)
Fips code: 56-81300

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Wamsutter
Population: 203
Area: 3.764924
Elevation: 2064
Image: WamsutterWyoming.jpg
Households: 98
Dialing code: 307

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postal code: 82336
water as percent of area: 0
per capita income: 33075
native label: Wamsutter

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Wamsutter is a town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 203 at the 2020 census.

The original inhabitants of the area were the Shoshone and Ute tribes. Westerners only began to settle in the county with the coming of the railroad in the 1860s. Originally, the town was known as Washakie. Confusion with nearby Fort Washakie prompted an 1884 name change to Wamsutter, after a Union Pacific bridge engineer.