Wyoming

Wyoming

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State nickname: Equality State
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Capital	Cheyenne
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water  - % water	Ranked 10th 253,554 kmē 251,706 kmē 1,851 kmē 0.7%
Population  - Total (2000)  - Density	Ranked 50th 493,782 1.9/kmē
Admittance into Union  - Order  - Date	44th July 10, 1890
Time zone	Mountain: UTC-7/-6
Latitude Longitude	41°N to 45°N 104°3'W to 111°3'W
Width Length Elevation   -Highest   -Mean   -Lowest	450 km 580 km   4,207 meters 2040 meters 945 meters
ISO 3166-2:	US-WY

Wyoming is a state of the western United States.

USS Wyoming was named in honor of this state.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Important Cities and Towns 4 Education 4.1 Colleges and Universities 5 Professional Sports Teams 6 Miscellaneous Information 6.1 Major Highways 7 External Links

History

After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, the capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established in 1868. Wyoming was admitted to statehood on July 10, 1890. It was the first state in the U.S. to extend suffrage to women. Wyoming was also the first state to elect a woman governor.List of Wyoming Governors.

Geography

See: List of Wyoming counties

It is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, and on the west by Utah and Idaho.

Important Cities and Towns

The Wyoming municipalities with populations over 10000 are, in descending order:

Cheyenne Casper Laramie Rock Springs

Gillette Sheridan Green River Evanston

Education

Colleges and Universities

• University of Wyoming[?]

Professional Sports Teams

• Casper Rockies[?], minor league baseball

Miscellaneous Information

Area: 97,818 sq. miles

Population: 493,782 (2000)

Capital: Cheyenne

Counties: 23 (see: List of Wyoming counties)

Bird: Western Meadowlark[?]

Flower: Indian Paintbrush[?]

Tree: Cottonwood

Major Highways

• Interstate 25
• Interstate 80
• Interstate 90
• United States Highway 20[?]
• United States Highway 26[?]

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Wyoming is also the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Wyoming, Delaware
• Wyoming, Michigan
• Wyoming, Minnesota
• Wyoming, Pennsylvania
• Wyoming, Rhode Island[?]

External Links

• http://www.state.wy.us