Lance Creek

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Lance Creek
Lance Creek, Wyoming
Lance Creek
Lance Creek
Location in Wyoming
Basic data
State : United States
State : Wyoming
County : Niobrara County
Coordinates : 43 ° 3 ′  N , 104 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 3 ′  N , 104 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 )
Residents : 51 (as of 2000)
Population density : 0.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 108.8 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of
which 108.8 km 2  (approx. 42 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 1364 m
Postal code : 82222
Area code : +1 307
FIPS : 56-44615
GNIS ID : 1590500

Lance Creek is a census-designated place , in Niobrara County , in eastern Wyoming , United States of America . In 2000 Lance Creek had 51 residents.

Lance Creek is the namesake of the Lance Formation , a rock formation famous for dinosaur fossils such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops .

Individual evidence

  1. Brent H. Breithaupt: Lance Formation . In: PJ Currie and K. Padian (Eds.): Encyclopedia of dinosaurs . Academic Press, San Diego 1997, pp. 394-395 .