Rock Springs, Wyoming Rock Springs, Wyoming Old Village Hall, Downtown Rock Springs Old Village Hall, Downtown Rock Springs Location of Rock Springs, Wyoming Location of Rock Springs, Wyoming Rock Springs, Wyoming is positioned in the US Rock Springs, Wyoming - Rock Springs, Wyoming Rock Springs 1888 Rock Springs is a town/city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States.
Rock Springs is the principal town/city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a populace of 37,975.
Rock Springs is known as the Home of 56 Nationalities because of the influx of immigrants from all over the world who came to work in the coal mines that supplied the fuel to power the steam engines of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The city's rich cultural tradition is jubilated each summer on International Day, a festival where the foods, costumes, and traditions of residents' ancestors are recreated and appreciateed at Bunning Park in downtown Rock Springs.
Rock Springs is the site of Western Wyoming Community College and Wyoming's Big Show, a annual event with a carnival and concerts which is held at the Sweetwater County Events Complex. Rock Springs is positioned in an energy-rich region with many petroleum and natural gas wells.
One of the worst incidents of anti-immigrant violence in American history, known as the Rock Springs Massacre, occurred among miners working near Rock Springs on September 2, 1885. There are still remains of the old coal quarrying towns outside of Rock Springs.
Rock Springs was featured on 60 Minutes in 1977 due to corruption inside the Police Department and City Government. The Grand Jury was called into session.
The episode was titled "Rock Springs: Deadly Draw in the Wild West". Rock Springs is positioned at 41 35 6.38 N 109 13 17.01 W (41.585106, -109.221392). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.34 square miles (50.09 km2), all of it land. Rock Springs has a semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk) with cold, snowy winters and warm summers.
The average January temperatures are a maximum of 29.1 F ( 1.6 C) and a minimum of 11.2 F ( 11.6 C).
The average July temperatures are a maximum of 83.4 F (28.6 C) and a minimum of 53.4 F (11.9 C).
There are an average of 195.5 evenings with lows of 32 F (0 C) or lower and 14.3 evenings with lows of 0 F ( 17.8 C) or lower.
The record high temperature was 112 F (44.4 C) on May 17, 1902, and the record low temperature was 37 F ( 38.3 C) on January 12, 1963.
Climate data for Rock Springs The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 86.4% White, 1.4% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 7.5% from other competitions, and 2.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 8,762 homeholds of which 35.8% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.9% were married couples residing together, 9.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 33.2% were non-families.
26.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 11.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.4% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 8.1% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.75% White, 1.07% African American, 0.86% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.05% from other competitions, and 2.22% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,348 homeholds of which 35.4% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 52.5% were married couples residing together, 10.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families.
Rock Springs Coal sign Rock Springs Coal sign looking into downtown Public education in the town/city of Rock Springs is provided by Sweetwater County School District #1.
Schools serving the town/city include: Desert View Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Northpark Elementary, Overland Elementary, Pilot Butte Elementary, Sage Elementary, Stagecoach Elementary, Walnut Elementary, Westridge Elementary, Eastside Elementary, Rock Springs Junior High School, and Rock Springs High School.
Intersects US 191 northeast of Rock Springs.
East-West route through Rock Springs and company route North-South through Rock Springs that intersects I-80 30 Exit 111 southeast to the Rock Springs Regional Airport.
WY-376.svg WYO 376 (Circumferential Highway/Rock Springs Beltway) Belt route around Rock Springs, splitting from and then meeting again with Business I-80 through Rock Springs Rock Springs is served by Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport.
Union Pacific serves Rock Springs.
STAR Transit provides small-town bus service in Rock Springs, with limited service to Reliance and Green River.
Rock Springs' sister metros/cities are: Rock Springs is served by two hyperlocal news websites, Sweetwater - NOW.com and Wyo4 - News.com. Sweetwater - NOW.com was established in February 2013 and Wyo4 - News.com was established in September 2013.
Rock Springs is served by four print publications: Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, The Mustang Express (formerly The Oracle - Western Wyoming Community College newspaper), The Marquee (a media and entertainment supplement presented in the Rocket-Miner), The Green River Star (a weekly journal presented in Green River) and The Sweetwater County Guide (a weekly shopper's guide presented by The Green River Star).
Rock Springs is served by a number of airways broadcasts including KRKK, KSIT, KQSW, KMRZ-FM, KYCS, KZWB, KFRZ and KUGR.
All tv stations in Rock Springs are translators or satellites of stations positioned elsewhere: The Sweetwater Cable TV Company is the small-town cable tv franchise serving Rock Springs; the fitness offers KGWC, Wyoming PBS and ABC partner KTWO-TV from Casper, plus most primary stations from Salt Lake City.
Every year amid July, August, and September the town/city holds a county fair called Wyoming's Big Show.
Rock Springs also hosts a several celebrations throughout the year, including the International Festival (to honor the city's nickname), the Blues and Brews Festival, the Wyoming Chocolate Festival and the Rod and Rails Festival. Rock Springs is also known as the "City Where Dreams are Made".
Rock Springs is mentioned in the song "Coalminer" by O.A.R..
Rock Springs is also in the opening line of the song "Sad Songs And Waltzes Revisited" by Mary Cutrufello.
Parts of the tv show Ringer are set in Rock Springs.
Rock Springs is featured in, and the origin of the title for, Richard Ford's 1987 compilation of short stories.
A hotel in Rock Springs, along with the date 10/10/97, is the setting given in the opening lines of "I Keep A Diary" by Braid on their album Frame & Canvas.
Rock Springs is the backdrop of the nonfiction book "Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music" by J.J.
Bascom, rodeo champion, cowboy artist, Rodeo Hall of Fame cowboy, Hollywood actor, inventor lived with his brother in Rock Springs Ed Cantrell, accused of shooting undercover officer from Rock Springs Police Department John Frullo, member of Texas House of Representatives from Lubbock, was reared in Rock Springs before to 1980.
Robert Holding, launched first of Little America Hotels west of Rock Springs in 1952 Richard Honaker, Rock Springs lawyer and Democratic member of Wyoming House of Representatives; unsuccessful nominee for the U.S.
Johnson, state senator from Rock Springs, 1967 to 1978; lawyer, 1963 to 1996; managing editor Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner, 1948 to 1961 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF).
"Monthly Averages for Rock Springs, WY".
"Historical Decennial Enumeration Population for Wyoming Counties, Cities, and Towns".
Wyoming Department of State / U.S.
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