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| Wheatland, Wyoming | ||
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Wheatland was named for the
surrounding wheat fields. |
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| Established |
1894 |
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| Elevation (ft.) | 4,733 | |
| Population in 2000 | 3,548 | |
| Population in 1940 | 2,110 | |
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Wheatland was a town planned and created by the Wyoming Development Company as the business center for the farmland irrigated by their dam on the Big Laramie River. The venture was successful, and Wheatland is indeed a farming community, although wheat is no longer its most important crop.
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