Welcome to Frewen ...

So far, we found very little information about Frewen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Frewen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Frewen, please Contact Us.

Frewen would have been located within present day Sweetwater County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Frewen, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Frewen is 6,690 feet [2,039 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Frewen is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Frewen was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Frewen was located: 307

Communities near Frewen ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Frewen.

• Wamsutter
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamsutter
  • Wamsutter is located in Sweetwater County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamsutter <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wamsutter
  • From Frewen to Wamsutter
• Tipton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tipton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
  • Tipton is located in Sweetwater County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tipton
  • From Frewen to Tipton
• Creston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • Creston is located in Sweetwater County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Creston
  • From Frewen to Creston
• Table Rock
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Table Rock
  • From Frewen to Table Rock
• Bitter Creek
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bitter Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
  • Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bitter Creek
  • From Frewen to Bitter Creek
• Riner
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riner
  • Riner is located in Sweetwater County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Riner
  • From Frewen to Riner

Adding Frewen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frewen 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 Frewen was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Frewen mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frewen.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sweetwater County: www.co.sweet.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/