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 ________________________________________________________...