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Rawlins, Wyoming

Rawlins, Wyoming
Administration
Full nameRawlins, Wyoming
Official nameRawlins, Wyoming
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
CountyCarbon
Geography
Total Area7.4 sq mi (19.2 km2)
Land Area7.4 sq mi (19.2 km2)
Water Area0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation6834 ft (2083 m)
Demography
Total Population8538 (2000)
Density (pop.)445.2/km2 (1153.4/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneMountain (MST) (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP code82301
Area code307
FIPS code56-63900 
GNIS feature ID1593213 

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Rawlins is a city in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,538 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County. It was named for Union General John Aaron Rawlins, who camped in the locality in 1867.

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A descriptive example of execution techniques at the Rawlins, Wyoming Federal Prison .
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A stop in Rawlins during my current trip to the US
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Rawlins Wyoming Cow plop 2009. Bet on were the cow goes to the bathroom and win big!
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Riding south of town in Rawlins, Wyoming. Both machines tuned with ECU fuel Controllers Free flow exhausts and Air filters. Chased by Darril on a 09 Special Edition YFZ 450R is Geo on a Standard 09 YFZ 450R. Fly-by filmed by Danielle; Contour HD 720p. Windows movie maker. Sound Track by The Prodigy "thunder".
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An Amtrak train passes the 3985 while it is being serviced at Rawlins, Wyoming (I think it is Rawlins, anyway), August 1992
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A Storm approaching Rawlins Wyoming, it ended being Rain, lightning and hail.
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On a summer day clear elsewhere but showery at Wyoming's continental-divide town Rawlins (elevation 6800 ft / 2100 m) , a Greyhound bus enroute from Salt Lake City to Denver under the care of a compassionate bilingual driver exits Interstate 80 and enters the town (@ 3:10 to 3:34) to afford its nicotine-stricken passengers a quick unscheduled puff of relief. Farther east (@ 3:55 onward), ominous-looking rain clouds are gradually replaced by fair-weather cumulous. After Laramie (@ 5:44), the bus leaves Interstate 80 to follow Colorado Highway 287 through Fort Collins for Denver (@ 8:52). Once in Denver, all four evening departures are delayed for an indefinite period of time due to "buses awaiting mechanical preparations," this causing a sea of passengers to spread out in the terminal in preparation for the night to come (@ 10:13 to 10:43). After having endured three hours of anxiety, the buses eventually would resume operation, which would then lead to missed downline connections for many ....
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Przejazd przez miasteczko Rawlins w stanie Wyoming. Szukam katolickiego koÅcioÅa.
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Summer of 2002 in Rawlins Wyoming. Truck Driver Marty Knudsen gives Ron Vargas a ride to Vern Blacks V&V Salvage to purchase some used tires to replace the blowout, with no spare on the desolate interstae 80, riding GMC Vandura 2500
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Judge orders Wyoming school board to stop using secret ballots - Casper Star-Tribune Online Tweet this news
Casper Star-Tribune Online--An injunction was issued Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by -Rawlins- Daily Times Publisher Jerry Raehal over a July 21 vote by board members to appoint someone to fill an empty seat. School board attorney Bill MacPherson made a m - Date : Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:13:34 GMT+00:00
Idaho man dies in I-80 wreck near Rawlins - Billings Gazette Tweet this news
Billings Gazette--Robert E. Legg, 54, of Filer, Idaho, was hauling a load of frozen food when the semi and its trailer drifted into the median, said Sgt. Stephen Townsend of the -Wyoming- Highway Patrol. Legg was wearing his seatbelt at the time, he said. - Date : Tue, 03 May 2011 02:54:03 GMT+00:00
Wyoming students learn about proper ATV use - Casper Star-Tribune Online Tweet this news
Casper Star-Tribune Online---RAWLINS- � As the four-wheeler splashed brown-green water and attacked a dirt embankment, it arced backward, its rider sliding off the seat. “What's wrong?” asked Chris McNeil, off-road vehicle safety and education - Date : Sun, 01 May 2011 06:12:09 GMT+00:00
Outdoor Life magazine promotes 6 Wyoming towns - Casper Star-Tribune Online Tweet this news
Casper Star-Tribune Online---RAWLINS- � -Wyoming- is well represented in Outdoor Life magazine's list of top towns to live in. Six towns in the state ranked in the magazine's most recent top 20 list. Pinedale ranked second, Saratoga fifth, Sheri - Date : Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:01:09 GMT+00:00
Wyoming Gov. Mead: Guantanamo detainees treated humanely - Casper Star-Tribune Online Tweet this news
Casper Star-Tribune Online--The detention facilities, he said, are comparable to -Wyoming's- prisons in -Rawlins- and Torrington. Mead traveled to the US base to visit with eight members of the 197th Public Affairs Detachment of the -Wyoming- Nationa - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:47:10 GMT+00:00
Rawlins historian reflects on history and family - Casper Star-Tribune Online Tweet this news
Casper Star-Tribune Online--His father, Elmer Kinnaman, served 34 years in the -Wyoming- State Legislature. Dan was born in -Rawlins- and lived here most of his 78 years. In 1961 he and Angie moved to -Rawlins- and took over the third-generation family bu - Date : Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:19:58 GMT+00:00
Sportsmen urged to help with value mapping - Wyoming Business Report Tweet this news
Wyoming Business Report--The first series is being held in southern -Wyoming-. Other April open houses, all scheduled from 7-9 pm, are: April 19 in -Rawlins- at the Best Western Cotton Tree Inn, 2221 W. Spruce; April 20 in Laramie at the Hilton Garden Inn - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:15:48 GMT+00:00
Utah logging company to operate mill in Wyoming - Billings Gazette Tweet this news
Billings Gazette---RAWLINS- -- A Utah-based logging company says it plans to start operating a mill it is leasing in -Wyoming- by mid-April. Thompson Logging is leasing the mill from the town of Encampment, Wyo. The mill was previously leased to Mahon Tim - Date : Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:54:46 GMT+00:00
Nadine Lawson Countryman - Daily Herald Tweet this news
Daily Herald--Nadine grew up in Nebraska until the age of 13 when she moved with her mother and father to -Rawlins-, -Wyoming- where she met her sweetheart and the love of her life Roscoe Countryman. They were married February 19, 1935. Roscoe and Nadine - Date : Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:46:15 GMT+00:00
Saratoga's 'trout' motto draws praise outside Wyoming - Casper Star-Tribune Online Tweet this news
Casper Star-Tribune Online---RAWLINS- � After Saratoga's chariot races galloped by in February, Stacy Crimmins thought outside interest in the community would dwindle. "There isn't an upcoming event that drops for a while," sai - Date : Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:38:16 GMT+00:00

Municipalities and communities of Carbon County, Wyoming

County seat: Rawlins
CityRawlins
TownsBaggs * Dixon * Elk Mountain * Grand Encampment * Hanna * Medicine Bow * Riverside * Saratoga * Sinclair
Unincorporated
communities
Arlington * Savery * Walcott



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