WELCOME TO FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING
Cities 
* Lander
* Riverton
Towns
* Dubois
* Hudson
* Pavillion
* Shoshoni
Census-designated places
* Arapahoe
* Atlantic City
* Boulder Flats
* Crowheart
* Ethete
* Fort Washakie
* Jeffrey City
* Johnstown
Other places
* Kinnear
* Miner's Delight
* St. Stephens
* South Pass City
Adjacent counties
* Hot Springs County, Wyoming - north
* Washakie County, Wyoming - northeast
* Natrona County, Wyoming - east
* Carbon County, Wyoming - southeast
* Sweetwater County, Wyoming - south
* Sublette County, Wyoming - west
* Teton County, Wyoming - northwest
* Park County, Wyoming - northwest
Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It
is both the largest city in the county and the largest on the Wind
River Indian Reservation. The city's population was 9,310 at the 2000 census.
Although located on the reservation, the city is an incorporated entity of the state of
Wyoming. It sits on land ceded from the reservation in 1906, a situation that often
makes it subject to jurisdictional claims by the nearby Eastern Shoshone and
Northern Arapaho tribes.
Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It
is both the largest city in the county and the largest on the Wind
River Indian Reservation. The city's population was 9,310 at the
2000 census. Although located on the reservation, the city is an
incorporated entity of the state of Wyoming. It sits on land ceded
from the reservation in 1906, a situation that often makes it subject
to jurisdictional claims by the nearby Eastern Shoshone and
Northern Arapaho tribes.
Riverton’s site at the joining of the Big Wind and Little Wind River has been a
meeting place and crossroads since pre-historic times. Chief Washakie, Jim Bridger
and Sacajawea are only a few of the legends that walked this land.
The modern city of Riverton was founded in 1906 during the land
rush to settle acreage withdrawn by treaty from the Wind River Indian Reservation.
Totally insular within the reservation, our history blends the pioneer spirit of the
homesteaders with the native cultures of the Arapahoe and Shoshone Indians. As
Riverton evolved from a freewheeling ranching and mining town into the commercial
and educational hub of west-central Wyoming, it has retained the “can do” spirit and
vitality of the New West.
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