Rawlins, Wyoming

Rawlins, Wyoming
Rawlins, Wyoming
City
	Downtown Rawlins, looking north from I-80
	Location of Rawlins in Carbon County, Wyoming.
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	Coordinates: 41°47′25″N 107°14′3″W / 41.79028°N 107.23417°W
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
County	Carbon
Government
• Mayor	Jacqueline Wells
Area
• Total	8.29 sq mi (21.46 km2)
• Land	8.25 sq mi (21.36 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation	6,834 ft (2,083 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	8,221
• Estimate (2021)	8,298
• Density	996.7/sq mi (353.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code	82301
Area code	307
FIPS code	56-63900
GNIS feature ID	1593213
Website	www.rawlins-wyoming.com

Rawlins is a city in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,221 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County.^[6] It was named for Union General John Aaron Rawlins, who camped in the locality in 1867.^[7]

^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Stewart, George R. (1970) American Place-Names, p. 401, New York, NY: Oxford University Press. The city is known as the only Wyoming county seat to originally be a part of the Republic of Texas before the area was given to the various territories in 1850.