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- At 10,426 square miles, Sweetwater County
is larger than 9 states.
- Rhode Island (1,045 square miles);
Delaware (1,955 square miles); Connecticut (4,845 square
miles); Hawaii (6,424 square miles); New Jersey (7,419
square miles); Massachusetts (7,838 square miles); New
Hampshire (8,969 square miles); Vermont (9,249 square
miles); and Maryland (9,775 square miles).
- Sweetwater County is the 13th largest
county in the United States.
(Most of the larger counties are in Alaska.)
- Wyoming is the 9th largest state in the
U.S. (97,105 square miles).
- Wyoming has the largest antelope population
in the world.
- With 453,588 people, Wyoming has the smallest
population of any state in the U.S..
- Largest city in Wyoming: Cheyenne (population
50,008). Smallest town in Wyoming: Lamont? (pop. 3?)
- Wyoming is the windiest state in the U.S.;
and Cheyenne is the windiest city in the U.S.
- Wyoming state nicknames: Equality State
and Cowboy State.
- Highest point in Wyoming: Gannet Peak,
13,804 feet.
- State Flower: Indian Paintbrush
- State Mammal: Bison
- State Bird: Meadowlark
- State Tree: Plains Cottonwood
- State Gemstone: Jade
- State Fish: Cutthroat
Trout
- State Reptile: Horned
Toad
- State Fossil: Knightia
- State Dinosaur: Triceratops
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