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Torrington
Wyoming, United States
Torrington, town, seat (1913) of Goshen county, southeastern Wyoming, U.S., on the North Platte River, near the Nebraska border. The site, 23 miles (37 km) east of Fort Laramie National Historic Site, was on the Texas and Oregon trails and the Pony Express route. It was laid out in 1908 and named for Torrington, Connecticut. The town now serves as a trade centre for an irrigated farming and mining area (uranium and coal) and has two large livestock auctions. Food processing (including the refining of beet sugar) is an important economic factor. Torrington is the home of Eastern Wyoming (junior) College (1948). Inc. 1908. Pop. (2000) 5,776; (2010) 6,501.
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