Savery, Wyoming

Savery, Wyoming
Unincorporated community
A view of Savery and the Little Snake River Museum.
Savery, Wyoming
Location within the state of Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming
Savery, Wyoming (the US)
Coordinates: 41°1′30″N 107°26′59″W / 41.02500°N 107.44972°W / 41.02500; -107.44972Coordinates: 41°1′30″N 107°26′59″W / 41.02500°N 107.44972°W / 41.02500; -107.44972
Country United States
State Wyoming
County Carbon
Elevation 6,473 ft (1,973 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes 82332
GNIS feature ID 1593956[1]

Savery is an unincorporated community in southeastern Carbon County, Wyoming, United States, on the upper Little Snake River. It lies along WYO 70 south of the city of Rawlins, the county seat of Carbon County.[2] Its elevation is 6,473 feet (1,973 m).[1] Although Savery is unincorporated, it has a post office with ZIP code 82332,[3] and is home to the Little Snake River Museum.[4]

Public education in the community of Savery is provided by Carbon County School District #1.

Noted mountain man, Jim Baker, died here in 1898. Two recent state representatives, the late George R. Salisbury, Jr., and his son-in-law, Patrick F. O'Toole, both Democrats, came from Savery. O'Toole and his wife, Sharon Salisbury O'Toole, still operate the Ladder Ranch, founded by George Salisbury's ancestors.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Savery, Wyoming". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
  3. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ↑ "Little Snake River Museum". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Gearino of Casper Star-Tribune, "Little Snake River Valley ranching patriarch is laid to rest," January 6, 2011". Billings Gazette, Billings, Montana. Retrieved January 15, 2011.


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