Kirby Wyoming Map

About Kirby, Wyoming

Kirby is a locality in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 191.8 people per km². Kirby is located at 43.8044°N, 108.1815°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Kirby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82430.

Kirby occupies a sparse, sun-bleached expanse where the Bighorn River carves a deliberate path through the arid Wyoming basin. It lies 54.8 miles north of Riverton, WY (from Riverton, WY: bearing 10°T), and is situated 18.5 miles southwest of Worland. The landscape is defined by the stark, earthen textures of Coal Draw and the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Bighorn Mountains that anchor the horizon in shades of bruised violet. To the west, the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Study Area rises as a rugged testament to the unyielding terrain, a place where the wind carries the scent of sagebrush and the dry, ancient dust of the plains. Light here does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, stripping away artifice until the pale, calcified soil and the deep, enduring sky seem to press against the very edges of the world.

Kirby remains a quiet witness to the enduring legacy of the high desert, where the rhythm of existence is dictated by the slow, seasonal shifts of the earth. The local economy persists in a delicate balance with the land, drawing from a history of resourcefulness that values utility above all else. Though Cover Slough lies nine miles distant as a quiet reservoir of stillness, the daily pulse of Kirby is tethered to the persistent flow of the nearby river and the quietude of the surrounding scrubland. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a long-settled frontier, defined by the persistence of those who choose to inhabit a place where the horizon remains wide, empty, and profoundly honest.

About This Kirby Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kirby, Wyoming. Coordinates: 43.8044, -108.181488. 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 Kirby includes the ZIP code (82430), telephone area code (307), county seat of Hot Springs County (Thermopolis), and school district assignment (Hot Springs County School District 1).

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.