Uinta County, Wyoming

Founding: 1869
Parent counties: Sweetwater and unorganized territory

Namesake: The Uinta Mountains
Seat: Fort Bridger (1869–1870); Evanston (1870–)

Land area: 2,081 square miles

Population (2020): 20,450

Population (historic): 856 (1870); 7,414 (1890); 16,982 (1910); 6,572 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930–1960; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; five CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 962 (10.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $947
Average outbuilding value (1930): $822
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 408
Average farm size (1920): 138.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Utah, Austria, Idaho, Sweden, and England
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Evanston

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps James Evans, Union Pacific Railroad engineer

Founding: 1868 (founding); 1870 (platting); 1870 (post office); 1888 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,747

Population (historic): 77 (1870); 1,995 (1890); 2,583 (1910); 3,075 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–1920; 1930–1960; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 717 (13.7%)

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