Place:Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States

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NameHot Springs
Alt namesHot Springssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates43.7°N 108.467°W
Located inWyoming, United States     (1911 - )
See alsoBig Horn, Wyoming, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Fremont, Wyoming, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Park, Wyoming, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Lucerne
Owl Creek
Inhabited place
Duncan Homestead
East Thermopolis
Embar
Gebo
Grass Creek
Hamilton Dome
Kirby
Nickelson Place
Red Lane
Thermopolis
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Hot Springs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2010, the population was 4,812. Its county seat is Thermopolis. The county is named for the hot springs located in Hot Springs State Park.

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History

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Hot Springs County was created on February 21, 1911 with land detached from Big Horn County, Fremont County, and Park County.

Hot Springs County was named for the hot springs located in the county seat of Thermopolis.

In the 2008 United States presidential election, Hot Springs County was the only county in the entire Mountain West outside of Arizona where John McCain beat George W. Bush's percentage of the county vote from the 2004 election.

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Date Event Source
1893 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1911 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1911 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1912 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1920 5,164
1930 5,476
1940 4,607
1950 5,250
1960 6,365
1970 4,952
1980 5,710
1990 4,809
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