Green River (Wyoming)
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 Downtown Green River looking east on Flaming Gorge Avenue. |
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| Location in Wyoming | |||
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| Foundation : | 1868 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wyoming | ||
| County : | Sweetwater County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 31 ′ N , 109 ° 28 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 11,808 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 332.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 36.3 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 35.5 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 1864 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 82935, 82938 | ||
| Area code : | +1 307 | ||
| FIPS : | 56-33740 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1589126 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofgreenriver.org | ||
| Mayor : | Hank Castillion | ||
 Green River facing east |
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Green River is a city in Sweetwater County in the southwest of the US state Wyoming with 11,807 inhabitants (as of July 1, 2004 ). The city is named after the Green River , the largest tributary of the Colorado River . Green River is the county seat of Sweetwater County.
history
The place Green River was officially granted city rights in 1868. It was then part of the Dakota Territory . The city was the starting point of John Wesley Powell's exploratory trips along the Green River , the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon at the end of the 19th century . Originally a base for the Union Pacific Railroad was to be built on the site of the Green River site, but when the construction work reached that point, the planners discovered that a settlement had already formed at this site. The base of the railway company was therefore built almost twenty kilometers to the west.
At the time of its official registration as a city in 1868, Green River had about 2,000 permanent residents, some of whom lived in buildings made of adobe bricks . With the establishment of the railway base further west, there was a rapid decline in the number of inhabitants. Only about 100 residents stayed here. However, when the Black Fork dried up due to a dry spell, the railroad company was forced to relocate its base to Green River. Under the laws of the newly formed state of Wyoming, Green River became a city on May 5, 1891.
Economy and raw materials
The basin of the Green River holds the world's largest deposits of Trona . The extraction of sodium carbonate from trona veins, which are between 200 and 500 meters thick, is an important economic factor. Around 2000 people are employed in the five mines.
Mining is cheaper to produce sodium carbonate in the United States than the predominantly synthetic Solvay process that is widely used elsewhere in the world . The Trona in Sweetwater County was created by prehistoric Lake Gosiute . Over time this lake disappeared. In the absence of natural drains, highly alkaline water began to evaporate and the Trona was deposited.
The Green Rivers mines are operated by the following five companies:
- FMC Corporation
- OCI Wyoming LP
- General Chemical Corporation
- Solvay Minerals Inc.
- Church and Dwight Company Inc.
Oil shale and natural gas have been found in the geological basin . Due to the high cost of extracting the oil from the hard shale, these deposits have not yet been touched. The recent surge in commodity prices and the United States’s desire for more energy independence from the Middle East has led to an increase in exploratory drilling in the Green River Basin. Green Rivers and the nearby town of Rock Springs have seen growth through the activities of companies such as Halliburton and Exxon, as well as other oil companies .
geography
Green River geographical coordinates are 41 ° 31 ' N , 109 ° 28' W . The place is 1859 m above sea level.
According to the United States Census Bureau , Green River has an area of 36.3 km² , of which 35.5 km² is land and 0.8 km² (2.28%) is water.
Demographics
At the time of the United States Census 2000, 11,808 people lived in the city. The population density was 861.5 people per km ². There were 4,426 housing units at an average of 124.6 per km ². The Green River population was 92.13% White , 0.27% Black or African American , 1.36% Native American , 0.32% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 4.23% said others Belonging to races and 1.63% named two or more races. 10.21% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents were distributed to 4,177 households out of which 42.5% had children under 18 years of age. 64.4% of households are married, 8.4% had a female head of the household without a husband and 23.1% did not form families. 19.3% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 6.0% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.22.
The urban population was divided into 31.1% minors, 8.8% 18–24 year olds, 28.9% 25–44 year olds, 24.8% 45–64 year olds and 6.5% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 women there were 102.8 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 100.7 men.
The median household income in Green River was 53,164 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 59,100 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 51,418 compared with $ 24,306 for women. The per capita income in Green River was $ 20,398. 4.5% of the population and 3.1% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 6.0% of minors and 5.3% of those aged 65 and over.
sons and daughters of the town
- Adam Archuleta , Chicago Bears player
- Curt Gowdy , sports commentator
- Heather Moody , water polo Olympian
Web links
- Green River Chamber of Commerce (English)
- Green River Star (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Green River ( English ) City of Green River. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
- ^ The Railroad Comes to Green River ( English ) City of Green River. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
- ^ The Trona Industry in Sweetwater County ( English ) City of Green River. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
