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Evanston
Wyoming, United States
Evanston, city, seat (1870) of Uinta county, southwest Wyoming, U.S., on the Bear River. Founded in 1869 by the Union Pacific Railroad, it was named for railroad surveyor James A. Evans. Like the city of Rock Springs, Evanston was one of the Wyoming cities that had a relatively high population of Chinese immigrants as a result of the labour used in the mines and to build the railroads.
The city is a railroad division point and trade centre for an agricultural and an oil and gas area. Evanston is the site of the annual Uinta County Fair. Documents and artifacts relating to the city’s history are housed in the Uinta County Museum. The High Uintas Wilderness Area is nearby. Inc. 1888. Pop. (2000) 11,587; (2010) 12,359.
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