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| State nickname: Equality State | |||||
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| Capital | Cheyenne | ||||
| Largest City | Casper | ||||
| Area - Total - Land - Water - % water |
Ranked 10th 253,554 km2 251,706 km2 1,851 km2 0.7% | ||||
| Population
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Ranked 50th
493,782 1.9/km2 | ||||
| Admittance into Union
- Order - Date | 44th July 10, 1890 | ||||
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC-7/-6 | ||||
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Latitude Longitude |
41°N to 45°N 104°3'W to 111°3'W | ||||
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Width Length Elevation -Highest -Mean -Lowest |
450 km 580 km 4,207 meters 2040 meters 945 meters | ||||
| ISO 3166-2: | US-WY | ||||
Wyoming is a state of the western United States.
USS Wyoming was named in honor of this state.
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2 Geography 3 Important cities and towns 4 Education 5 Professional sports teams 6 Miscellaneous information 7 Other Wyomings 8 External links |
After the Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, the capital, in 1867, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, established on July 25, 1868.
In 1869 Wyoming extended suffrage to women, at least partially in an attempt to garner enough voters to be admitted as a state. It was admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890.
In addition to being the first U.S. state to extend suffrage to women, Wyoming was also the home of many other firsts for U.S. women in politics. It had the first female court bailiff and the first female justice of the peace in the country. Wyoming was also the first state in the Union to elect a woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross in 1925. A List of Wyoming Governors is available.
It is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, and on the west by Utah and Idaho.History
Geography
Wyoming is also the name of several places in the United States of America:
Education
Colleges and universities
Professional sports teams
Miscellaneous information
Major highways
Other Wyomings
External links