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Wyoming's largest municipality by population is the capital city Cheyenne with 65,132 residents, [1] and the largest municipality by land area is Casper, which spans 26.9 sq mi (70 km 2), while the smallest municipality in both categories is Lost Springs with 6 residents [1] and an area of 0.09 sq mi (0.23 km 2).
A map of the counties and capital city of Wyoming. The U.S. state of Wyoming lies in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States and has a varied geography. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.
The C & H Refinery Historic District comprises an intact industrial complex in Lusk, Wyoming that documents an early 20th-century refinery.The C & H Refinery is noted as the smallest functioning oil refinery in the world, and may be the only remaining thermal distillation refinery, all other refineries having modernized to the catalytic cracking method.
Wyoming (/ w aɪ ˈ oʊ m ɪ ŋ / ⓘ wye-OH-ming) [9] is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.
Teton Range, a small mountain range of the Rocky Mountains at the Wyoming–Idaho state line 23,232: 4,008 sq mi (10,381 km 2) Uinta County: 041: Evanston: 1869: One of the original five counties. The Uinta Mountains, named in turn after the Uintah Native American people. 20,745: 2,082 sq mi (5,392 km 2) Washakie County: 043: Worland: 1911 ...
It was first discovered in the Salt Creek Oil Field in 1889, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Casper; the first refinery in Casper was built in 1895. The city has featured a refinery ever since, with various refineries built and closed over the years. As recently as the early 1980s, the city was near or home to three refineries.
The list of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Wyoming. The first designated were two on December 19, 1960; the latest was on December 11, 2023.
This is a list of oil refineries. The Oil & Gas Journal publishes a worldwide list of refineries annually in a country-by-country tabulation that includes for each refinery: location, crude oil daily processing capacity, and the size of each process unit in the refinery. For some countries, the refinery list is further categorized state-by-state.