Grand Encampment, Wyoming | |
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Location of Grand Encampment, Wyoming | |
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Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
County | Carbon |
Area | |
• Total | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
• Land | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 443 |
• Density | 277.1/sq mi (107.0/km2) |
Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
• Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
Area code(s) | 307 |
FIPS code | 56-32650[1] |
Grand Encampment is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 443 at the 2000 census.
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Known also as "Encampment", this town along the Colorado-Wyoming border was, at the turn of the twentieth century, a booming center of copper mining and smelting. At one point a sixteen-mile tramway was built to carry copper ore from the mountains into the town for smelting. This steam powered tramway was, at the time, the longest in the world.[2] A sharp drop in copper prices and disastrous fires drove the mining company into bankruptcy.[3] Mining operations ceased in the early twentieth century. A large sawmill operated in the town between 1950 and 1998.[4]
Grand Encampment is located at (41.208216, -106.791215)[5].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it land.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 443 people, 209 households, and 137 families residing in the town. The population density was 277.1 people per square mile (106.9/km²). There were 336 housing units at an average density of 210.2 per square mile (81.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.52% White, 0.45% Native American, 0.68% Asian, and 1.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population.
There were 209 households out of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.64.
In the town the population was spread out with 19.0% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 36.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 115.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $29,444, and the median income for a family was $37,083. Males had a median income of $36,786 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,632. About 9.1% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.
Public education in the town of Grand Encampment is provided by Carbon County School District #2. Encampment School [1], a K-12 campus, serves the town.
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