La Barge Wyoming Map

About La Barge, Wyoming

La Barge is a locality in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 394. The population density is 156.7 people per km². La Barge is located at 42.2619°N, 110.1946°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. La Barge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83123.

La Barge occupies a stretch of high, sage-dusted plateau where the Green River carves a deliberate path through the basin floor. It lies 63.0 miles northwest of Green River, WY (from Green River, WY: bearing 324°T), and is situated 36.9 miles north-northeast of Kemmerer. The landscape surrounding La Barge is defined by the austerity of the high desert, where the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised purple, casting long, lean shadows that swallow the low-lying scrub. To the west, the distant, jagged teeth of the Rocky Mountains provide a cold, static boundary against a sky that seems to possess more volume than the earth itself. The nearby Spur Canyon offers a rugged, topographical fold in the terrain, while the waters of the Fontenelle Reservoir sit in a quiet, glass-like stillness six miles away, holding the reflection of the clouds in a landscape otherwise dominated by the parched, resilient grit of the plains.

History lingers at Names Hill, where the stone surfaces still bear the physical marks of those who passed through this corridor long before the modern era took root. La Barge emerged from the rugged necessity of the frontier, eventually finding its pulse in the rhythm of the energy industry, which remains the primary engine of the local economy. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place accustomed to the extremes of weather and the isolation of the high plains, where the wind acts as a constant, restless neighbor. The people of La Barge maintain a quiet, practical resilience, turning their attention toward the extraction of resources and the maintenance of a life that balances the harsh, unyielding nature of the climate with the steady, quiet endurance of a community built far from the frantic noise of the coasts.

About This La Barge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Barge, Wyoming. Coordinates: 42.261887, -110.194605. 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 La Barge includes the ZIP code (83123), telephone area code (307), county seat of Lincoln County (Kemmerer), and school district assignment (Sublette County School District 9).

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.