Welcome to Wamsutter ...

The town of Wamsutter is located in Sweetwater County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wamsutter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Wamsutter has a population of 471 people<2> (see below for details).

Wamsutter is 6,710 feet [2,045 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wamsutter is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Wamsutter lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Wamsutter: 307

The ZIP code for Wamsutter: 82336<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wamsutter had an population of 471 people. This is an increase of 4.43% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 80.46% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Wamsutter had a population of 451 people. This makes Wamsutter the county's 3rd most populous community.

The population of Wamsutter represents 0.08% of the population of Wyoming (which has 563,626 people), making it the state's 60th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 451 people, the population of Wamsutter increased 72.8% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 261 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Wamsutter.

Communities near Wamsutter ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Wamsutter.

• Frewen ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Frewen is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frewen
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Frewen
  • From Wamsutter to Frewen
• Red Desert
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
• Creston
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Creston is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Creston
  • From Wamsutter to Creston
• Tipton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Tipton is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tipton
  • From Wamsutter to Tipton
• Table Rock
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Table Rock
  • From Wamsutter to Table Rock
• Riner
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Riner is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riner
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Riner
  • From Wamsutter to Riner
• Bitter Creek
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Bitter Creek
  • From Wamsutter to Bitter Creek

TripAdvisor Tourism Page for Wamsutter ...

Looking for more information about Wamsutter? 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.

You can learn more by visiting the TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamsutter.

Adding Wamsutter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wamsutter 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 (so far) for Wamsutter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Wamsutter post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wamsutter.