Name: Sweetwater County

 

County: Sweetwater

 

Authority Name: Sweetwater County (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1085502W 

Latitude: 414000N 

 

Elevation: 6470/1972

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: County

 

Origin of Name:

Received its name from the Sweetwater River. One of the largest counties in Wyoming, the Continental Divide is

near the center of its northern border. Created by the Territorial Legislature of Wyoming in 1869 from a portion of Carter County.

County seat is in Green River.

Source: WPA

 

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Places (all) 

 

Places by Feature Type:

	Man-Made
Airports	Ghost Towns	Populated Places
Bridges	Levees	Post Offices
Canals	Locales	Ranches
Cemeteries	Mines	Reservoirs
Civil (Counties)	Notable Structures	Schools
Dams	Oilfields	Stations
Forts	Parks	Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Arches	Crossings	Ranges
Areas	Falls	Rapids
Arroyos	Flats	Reserves
Bars	Forests	Ridges
Bays	Gaps	Slopes
Basins	Geysers	Springs
Benches	Glaciers	Streams
Bends	Guts	Summits
Capes	Islands	Swamps
Channels	Lakes	Trails
Cliffs	Pillars	Tunnels
Craters	Plains	Valleys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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