Lander (Wyoming)
Fremont County
56-44760
Lander is the county seat of Fremont County, Wyoming. The place is named after the explorer Frederick W. Lander. At the time the United States Census 2010, the town had 7487 inhabitants.
History
In the area of the later Lander in 1829 one of the first rendezvous of fur trappers and hunters took place.
On October 1, 1906 Lander was the western terminus of the known as the "Cowboy Line" railway line of the Chicago and North Western Railway, on which the motto of the city "where rails end and trails begin" (paraphrased as: " where the tracks end and the ( hiking ) trails start " ) is based. Originally a transcontinental link was provided until after Coos Bay, Oregon or Eureka, California, however, the construction of the line was never continued over Lander addition. 1972, rail transport was set to Lander.
Geography
Lander is located in the middle of Wyoming on the banks of the Popo Agie River Middle, east of the Wind River Range and south of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The place is accessible by U.S. Highway U.S. 287 and several state highways.
The geographical coordinates of the location are 42 ° 50 'N, 108 ° 44' W42.833055555556 - 108.7325.
The site covers an area of 11.4 km ² (4.4 mi ² ); among them there are no bodies of water.
Climate
Economy
Lander is now a base for a number of federal facilities. The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have offices here. In addition, federal agencies. The National Outdoor Leadership School has its headquarters here, and non-governmental institutions, such as The Nature Conservancy and Wyoming Wildlife Federation maintain offices here.
In addition to the state sector and the traditional agriculture, tourism contributes significantly to employment in the area. Due to its location at the foot of the Wind River Range Lander serves as a starting point for campers, hunters, fishermen, hikers, mountain bikers and climbers. Not only the Wind River Range, but also nearby rock areas (about the Sinks Canyon ) attract climbers.
In the village is the Freemont County Pioneer Museum, one of the major museums of Native American and European settlement history of the region and the early days of the cattle. The record label Asthmatic Kitty Records, which was founded by Sufjan Stevens, here is one of their seats.
Lander has with the Hunt Field a small airport.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 6867 people, the city Lander. The population density was 599.9 people per km ². There were 3036 housing units at an average 265.2 per km ². The population of Lander consisted of 90.81 % White, 0.15 % African American, 5.99% Native American, 0.32 % Asian, 0.70 % reported from other races, and 2.04 % from two or more races. 3.48 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Landers distributed to 2794 households out of which 30.4% were living in children under 18 years. 51.5 % married couples living together, 10.1 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7 % were non-families. 30.0 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 12.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size is 2.91.
The city population was spread out with 24.1 % under the, 7.1 % 18 -24- year-old, 26.7 % 25 -44- year-old, 25.5% 45-64 year olds and 16.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 89.2 men.
The median household income in Lander was 32 397 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 41 958 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30 602 U.S. dollars, compared to 20,916 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Lander was 18,389 U.S. dollars. 13.2 % of the population and 9.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 19.3 % of minors and 9.3 % of those age 65 or over.