{"id":8981,"date":"2023-10-11T17:57:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8981"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:32:49","slug":"washakie-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/washakie-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Washakie County, Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washakie County is a county in Wyoming, United States, in the Big Horn Basin, roughly 90 miles<br \/>\nnorthwest of Cody and about 115 miles north of Casper. It had a population of 7,685 at the 2020<br \/>\ncensus, an estimated 7,703 by 2024, and covers 2,243 square miles (5,810 km2) centred near<br \/>\n43\u00b055\u2032N 107\u00b041\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Worland is the county seat and the county&#8217;s only city; its postal code is 82401. The county<br \/>\nholds 1 city, 1 incorporated town and 7 unincorporated communities, and it runs on Mountain<br \/>\nTime. Its FIPS code is 56043.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Washakie County<\/h2>\n<p>Washakie County has 9 named places on record: 2 incorporated (a city and a town) and 7<br \/>\nunincorporated communities with no local government of their own. Unincorp. covers crossroads<br \/>\nand rural localities with no formal boundary; most have no ZIP code separate from Worland&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Worland<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>4,773<\/td>\n<td>82401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ten Sleep<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>246<\/td>\n<td>82442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Airport Road<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Big Trails<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mc Nutt<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Flat<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Washakie Ten<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West River<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Winchester<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Four names on the old version of this page &mdash; Colter, Durkee, Eccles and French Vee<br \/>\n&mdash; do not appear in any current county-level place list and have been dropped rather than<br \/>\ncarried forward unverified.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>82401 &mdash; Worland (also covers Airport Road, South Flat, West River and Washakie Ten)<\/li>\n<li>82442 &mdash; Ten Sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Big Trails, Mc Nutt and Winchester have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is delivered<br \/>\nunder the Worland or Ten Sleep code depending on which is closer by road.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Washakie County sits in Wyoming&#8217;s Big Horn Basin, a broad semi-arid bowl ringed by mountains<br \/>\non every side. Of its 2,243 square miles, 2,239 are land and about 4.2 are water, roughly 0.2<br \/>\npercent &mdash; the county has no large natural lake, and its water is almost entirely the Big<br \/>\nHorn River and its tributaries. The Big Horn River runs north through the county past Worland,<br \/>\nfed by the Nowood River and Tensleep Creek, which drains east out of the Bighorn Mountains<br \/>\nthrough Ten Sleep Canyon, a limestone gorge popular with rock climbers. The county&#8217;s western<br \/>\nedge climbs toward the Absaroka Range foothills; its eastern edge climbs into the Bighorns.<\/p>\n<p>Big Horn County lies to the north, Johnson County to the east, Natrona County to the<br \/>\nsoutheast, Fremont County to the south, Hot Springs County to the west, and Park County to the<br \/>\nnorthwest. <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/big-horn-county-wyoming\/\">Big Horn County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/johnson-county-wyoming\/\">Johnson County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/natrona-county\/\">Natrona County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/fremont-county-wyoming\/\">Fremont County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hot-springs-county\/\">Hot Springs County<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/park-county-wyoming\/\">Park County<\/a> all border Washakie<br \/>\ndirectly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Washakie County had a population of 7,685 at the 2020 census, and a 2024 estimate puts the<br \/>\ncounty near 7,703. Worland and Ten Sleep are the two incorporated communities, with Worland<br \/>\nholding well over half the county&#8217;s population on its own. Median household income runs<br \/>\n$65,714 (2024 estimate), below Wyoming&#8217;s statewide figure of $72,415 (2023 ACS). Population<br \/>\ndensity works out to roughly 3.4 people per square mile of land, sparse even by Wyoming<br \/>\nstandards, and the county&#8217;s median age of 44.4 years runs older than the national figure.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance is the county&#8217;s largest employment sector at 449 workers,<br \/>\nfollowed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 428 and educational services at 410.<br \/>\nSugar beets are the county&#8217;s top crop, processed locally by the Wyoming Sugar Company plant in<br \/>\nWorland; the same town is home to Admiral Beverage&#8217;s regional distribution operation and a<br \/>\nCrown Cork &amp; Seal can-manufacturing plant. Oil and gas drilling in the Big Horn Basin also<br \/>\nsupports county payrolls. Ten Sleep keeps a working ranching economy alongside a small tourism<br \/>\ntrade built on rock climbing in Ten Sleep Canyon and bentonite mining nearby. The county&#8217;s<br \/>\nbiggest annual event is Ten Sleep&#8217;s Independence Day rodeo and parade each July, followed by the<br \/>\nNoWoodstock music festival on the second weekend of August.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Wyoming legislature created Washakie County on February 21, 1911, carving it out of Big<br \/>\nHorn County. The bill originally named it Hanover County, but lawmakers renamed it before<br \/>\npassage to honor Chief Washakie, the Shoshone leader who allied his people with the United<br \/>\nStates government through decades of treaty negotiations in the Wind River region. The county<br \/>\norganized fully in 1913, with Worland as its seat.<\/p>\n<p>Worland itself traces to 1900, when Charlie &#8220;Dad&#8221; Worland ran a ferry crossing and stage stop<br \/>\non the Big Horn River; the town incorporated in 1906. Ten Sleep&#8217;s name comes from a Native<br \/>\nAmerican measure of travel time &mdash; the site marked ten nights&#8217; journey from landmarks<br \/>\nincluding Fort Laramie, a reckoning still used locally for the town&#8217;s identity today.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>US Routes 16 and 20 run concurrently through Worland, the county&#8217;s only through highways; no<br \/>\ninterstate crosses Washakie County.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basin &mdash; about 16 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Thermopolis &mdash; about 33 miles south<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo &mdash; about 85 miles east via US 16 through Ten Sleep Canyon<\/li>\n<li>Cody &mdash; about 90 miles northwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Worland Municipal Airport handles general aviation only. Cody Yellowstone Regional Airport,<br \/>\nroughly 90 miles northwest, is the nearest airport with scheduled commercial service. Wyoming<br \/>\nhas no Amtrak service anywhere in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Washakie County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Wyoming&#8217;s Big Horn Basin, bordered by Big Horn, Johnson, Natrona, Fremont, Hot<br \/>\nSprings and Park counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Washakie County?<\/strong><br \/>\n7,685 at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate near 7,703.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Washakie County?<\/strong><br \/>\n2,243 square miles (5,810 km2), of which 2,239 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Washakie County?<\/strong><br \/>\nWorland, incorporated in 1906, is the county seat and the county&#8217;s only city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Washakie County?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo incorporated places &mdash; Worland and Ten Sleep &mdash; plus seven unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities: Airport Road, Big Trails, Mc Nutt, South Flat, Washakie Ten, West River and<br \/>\nWinchester.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Washakie County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n82401 for Worland and 82442 for Ten Sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who was the county named for?<\/strong><br \/>\nChief Washakie, the Shoshone leader who allied his people with the US government, rather than<br \/>\nthe originally proposed name, Hanover County.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/wyoming\/\">Towns and villages in Wyoming<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washakie County is a county in Wyoming, United States, in the Big Horn Basin, roughly 90 miles northwest of Cody and about 115 miles north of Casper. It had a population of 7,685 at the 2020 census, an estimated 7,703 by 2024, and covers 2,243 square miles (5,810 km2) centred near 43\u00b055\u2032N 107\u00b041\u2032W. 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