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Welcome to Casper ...The city of Casper is located in Natrona County<1> (at the time of its founding, Casper was located in Carbon County) and is the County Seat for Natrona County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Casper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Casper has a population of 57,833 people<2> (see below for details). Casper is 5,160 feet [1,573 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Casper is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Casper lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Casper: (307) The ZIP codes for Casper: 82601-82602, 82604-82605, 82609, 82615, 82630, 82638, 82646<4> Websites for Casper ...Official Website: www.cityofcasperwy.com/ Chamber of Commerce: www.casperwyoming.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Casper had an population of 57,833 people. This is an increase of 4.55% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.5% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Casper had a population of 55,316 people (or 73.31% of the total population of Natrona County). This makes Casper the county's most populous community. The population of Casper represents 9.81% of the total population of Wyoming (which has 563,626 people), making it the state's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 55,316 people, the population of Casper increased 11.43% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 49,644 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Casper. Communities Also Named Casper ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Casper - it's located in Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Casper. Communities near Casper ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Casper.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Casper. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Casper. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Casper. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Casper. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Casper. Our list includes 28 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Casper. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Casper ...Looking for more information about Casper? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Casper, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Casper. Adding Casper to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Casper in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Casper was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Casper in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Casper. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Casper: www.cityofcasperwy.com/ The official website for Natrona County: www.natrona.net/ The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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