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Uinta County, Wyoming

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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 ________________________________________________________...