Lost Springs, Wyoming
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| Lost Springs | |||
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 Lost Springs (2007) |
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1911 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wyoming | ||
| County : | Converse County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 46 ′ N , 104 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1 (as of 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 0.2 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) thereof 0.2 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) land |
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| Height : | 1523 m | ||
| Postal code : | 82224 | ||
| Area code : | +1 307 | ||
| FIPS : | 56-47805 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1597388 | ||
Lost Springs is a municipality in Converse County in the US state of Wyoming with only one inhabitant.
According to the United States Census Bureau , Lost Springs is one of four places in the US with a population of just one person - the other places are Hibberts Gore in Maine , Erving's Location in New Hampshire, and New Amsterdam, Indiana . The place was founded around 1880, the name comes from railway workers who searched in vain for the source marked on their maps. In its heyday, around 200 people lived here, most of them employed in the nearby Rosin coal mine . After the mine closed around 1930, the population steadily decreased. In 1960 there were only 5 residents.
geography
Lost Springs is located in the High Plains (United States) near US-18 / US-20 about 35 kilometers east of Douglas in the east of the state on the border with Niobrara County . It is 304 kilometers north of Denver and 625 kilometers northeast of Salt Lake City . The area is 0.2 km² .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Elisabeth Wright, Robert Black: A Town Refuses to Go Down for the Count - Lost Springs, Wyo., Fights for Correct Census Tally of the Few Residents It Has Left . In: Washington Post , June 10, 2001. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
- ^ World Book Encyclopedia , Volume 19. Field Enterprises Educa, 1961, p. 432, (Retrieved October 10, 2009).