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Fort Bridger, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
Population (2000): 400
Housing Units (2000): 183
Land area (2000): 1.993655 sq. miles (5.163543 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.993655 sq. miles (5.163543 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27940
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 41.318716 N, 110.386418 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 82933
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 183
Land area (2000): 1.993655 sq. miles (5.163543 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.993655 sq. miles (5.163543 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27940
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 41.318716 N, 110.386418 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 82933
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Fort Bridger
Fort Bridger was originally a 19th-century fur trading outpost established in 1842, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, in what is now Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. It became a vital resupply point for wagon trains on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Mormon Trail. The Army established a military post here in 1858 during the Utah War, until it was finally closed in 1890. A small town, Fort Bridger, Wyoming, remains near the fort and takes its name from it.