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Savery, Wyoming

Coordinates: 41°1′30″N 107°26′59″W / 41.02500°N 107.44972°W / 41.02500; -107.44972
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Savery, Wyoming
A view of Savery and the Little Snake River Museum.
A view of Savery and the Little Snake River Museum.
Savery, Wyoming is located in Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming
Location within the state of Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming is located in the United States
Savery, Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming (the United States)
Coordinates: 41°1′30″N 107°26′59″W / 41.02500°N 107.44972°W / 41.02500; -107.44972
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
CountyCarbon
Elevation
6,473 ft (1,973 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
82332
GNIS feature ID1593956[1]

Savery is an unincorporated community in southeastern Carbon County, Wyoming, United States, on the upper Little Snake River. It lies along WYO 70 south of the city of Rawlins, the county seat of Carbon County.[2] Its elevation is 6,473 feet (1,973 m).[1] Although Savery is unincorporated, it has a post office with ZIP code 82332,[3] and is home to the Little Snake River Museum.[4]

Public education in the community of Savery is provided by Carbon County School District #1.

Noted mountain man Jim Baker, died here in 1898. Two recent state representatives, George R. Salisbury, Jr., and his son-in-law, Patrick F. O'Toole, both Democrats, came from Savery. O'Toole and his wife, Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, still operate the Ladder Ranch, founded by George Salisbury's ancestors.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Savery, Wyoming". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ^ "Little Snake River Museum". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Jeff Gearino of Casper Star-Tribune, "Little Snake River Valley ranching patriarch is laid to rest," January 6, 2011". Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana. Retrieved January 15, 2011.

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