Welcome to West Thumb ...

West Thumb is located in Teton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Thumb, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

A typical abbreviation for West Thumb: W. Thumb

West Thumb is 7,790 feet [2,374 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of West Thumb is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for West Thumb: 307

Adding West Thumb to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Thumb 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 West Thumb was on a map titled Road Map for Wyoming (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Thumb.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Teton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Thumb - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.