Torrington, Wyoming Torrington, Wyoming Location in Goshen County and Wyoming Location in Goshen County and Wyoming State Wyoming County Goshen Torrington is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Goshen County, Wyoming in the United States. The populace was 6,501 at the 2010 census.

Ruts made by early pioneer's wagons on the historic Oregon Trail in the late 19th Century in Eastern Wyoming (2007 photo) Situated on the historic Mormon Trail and near the Oregon and California trails along the banks of the North Platte River, Torrington was established in 1900 by W.G.

Curtis (1857 1913), and titled by him for his home town of Torrington, Connecticut.

A postal service called Torrington was established in 1889 on W.

Curtis' farm three miles west of where the town of Torrington would be in 1900, with W.

By 1908 the town was incorporated as a town in Laramie County.

It had a bank, three general stores, a pharmacy with a soft-drink fountain, a territory office, and two hotels (for one of which the building, although modified, still exists at 1841 Main Street.) It soon became a central place of trade for Goshen County, and for encircling areas in easterly Wyoming and Nebraska. Situated on the North Platte River in easterly Wyoming near the Nebraska border, the town site survey began on April 1900, by Ashland B.

More The Torrington Telegram (which was still presented in 2015) was established in 1911. The 1900 United States Enumeration lists only 71 inhabitants in the Torrington Precinct and does not list it as a town.

Also in 1911, Goshen County was officially organized. The County was created from what had previously been a portion of the northern end of Laramie County.

The suburbs of Torrington and close-by Lingle some 10 miles away both competed for designation as the county seat.

Torrington ultimately prevailed, and was chose, after Torrington inhabitants were able to raise sufficient funds for a assembly of a courthouse.

The cornerstone for the courthouse was set in 1913, amid a ceremony where a band played, conducted by Hi Yoder from whose family the close-by town of Yoder, Wyoming, takes its name. Also by that time, early motor cars started showing up in town, the Goshen County Fair Association had been established, and in 1915 Torrington had a populace of 443.

The large, 24-hour Holly Sugar factory, which processes sugar beets, was still operating in 2015 as a primary employer for the Torrington area, and the preserved historic Union Pacific Depot building now homes the Goshen County Homesteaders Museum. It is the biggest livestock auction operation and barn in Wyoming, and rates as the third to fifth biggest livestock auction in the United States.

Drawing cattle from a nine-state region (Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana and the bulk of Wyoming) the Torrington livestock auction barn attracts buyers from all over the nation.

And, as of 2011, Goshen County ranked number one in Wyoming for its cattle inventory. Today, when traveling between Torrington and Guernsey, Wyoming, motorists will be following the path of the historic Oregon and Mormon Trail as they make their way along the banks of the North Platte River past the site of the 1854 Grattan Massacre near Lingle, and past the historic 19th-Century U.S.

Torrington is positioned at 42 4 0 N 104 10 57 W (42.066542, 104.182471). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.62 square miles (11.97 km2), all of it land. Its altitude is 4104 feet, 1251 meters.

Torrington, situated on the North Platte River, has a semi-arid climate (Koppen climate classification BSk).

Climate data for Torrington, Wyoming The historic California, Mormon, Oregon & Bozeman Trails headed to Fort Laramie and further on into the American West, all passed through Torrington along the banks of the North Platte River There were 2,527 homeholds of which 26.0% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 44.8% were married couples residing together, 10.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.4% were non-families.

Torrington and Goshen County are home to a large populace of Ringneck Pheasants 19.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 11.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 26.8% were from 45 to 64; and 19.3% were 65 years of age or older.

There were 2,436 homeholds out of which 26.7% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 49.9% were married couples residing together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

About 9.3% of families and 13.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.

The United States Postal Service operates the Torrington Post Office. The Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution (WMCI) is positioned in Torrington. WMCI, a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, serves as an intake center for male inmates not sentenced to death.

Public education in Torrington is provided by Goshen County School District#1.

Zoned campuses include Lincoln Elementary School (grades K-2), Trail Elementary School (grades 3 5), Torrington Middle School (grades 6 8), and Torrington High School (grades 9 12).

Other suburbs and communities encompassed in the merged Goshen County School District include Lingle, La - Grange, Huntley, and Yoder, among others.

Eastern Wyoming College, positioned in Torrington, is a two-year improve college serving the area, with outreach centers serving Platte, Niobrara, Converse, Weston and Crook counties. Torrington Municipal Airport is a town/city owned, enhance use airport positioned two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central company precinct of Torrington. Edward Buchanan former state legislator and Torrington attorney; Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012 United States Enumeration Bureau.

Goshen County Chamber of Commerce Homepage Goshen County Township map a b c d e f g h Wyoming Tales & Trails Zimmer, Vickie "Goshen County, Wyoming", Wyo - History.org: The Online Encyclopedia of Wyoming History, Wyoming State Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-06-30 Torrington Livestock Commission Retrieved 2015-06-30 United States Enumeration Bureau.

"Climatography of the United States NO.81" (PDF).

"Monthly Averages for Torrington, WY".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Torrington city, Wyoming." "Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution (WMCI)." Goshen County GIS Department.

"7076 Road 55 - F Torrington, WY 82240" "Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution." City of Torrington, official website Goshen County, official website Goshen County Homesteaders Museum Goshen County Chamber of Commerce Torrington History, Wyoming Tales and Trails Municipalities and communities of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States

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