James Town Wyoming Map

About James Town, Wyoming

James Town is a locality in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 455. The population density is 54.8 people per km². James Town is located at 41.5640°N, 109.5365°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 82935.

James Town exists as a quiet confluence of high-desert austerity and the persistent, life-giving flow of the Green River. It lies 3.2 miles northwest of Green River, WY (from Green River, WY: bearing 305°T), and is situated 16.4 miles west of Rock Springs. The landscape surrounding James Town is defined by the stark, earth-toned geometry of Greasewood Canyon, where the light at dusk bleeds a bruised violet across the sagebrush, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the land to the horizon. Beyond the immediate basin, the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains haunt the western skyline, reminding any observer of the immense, arid scale of the Wyoming plateau. Within the immediate vicinity, the Sweetwater County Picnic Grounds offer a modest reprieve from the wind, providing a patch of ground where the air carries the dry, clean scent of crushed juniper and sun-baked silt.

James Town occupies a space where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, deliberate work of extraction and the seasonal pulse of the river. The local economy remains tethered to the rugged reality of the terrain, drawing its sustenance from the mineral wealth and industrial labor that have defined this region for generations. History here is not written in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who labor in the shadow of the canyon walls, where the silence is broken only by the low hum of distant machinery or the sudden, erratic flight of a hawk against the vast, pale sky. Life in James Town moves with a gravity born of isolation, favoring a stoic, unadorned existence that finds its own quiet beauty in the harsh, unrelenting clarity of the high plains.

About This James Town Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of James Town, Wyoming. Coordinates: 41.563972, -109.536499. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for James Town includes the ZIP code (82935), telephone area code (307), county seat of Sweetwater County (Green River), and school district assignment (Sweetwater County School District 2).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.