Shoshoni Wyoming Map

About Shoshoni, Wyoming

Shoshoni is a locality in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 471. The population density is 50.8 people per km². Shoshoni is located at 43.2358°N, 108.1104°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Shoshoni is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 82649.

Shoshoni claims its place upon a high, arid expanse where the persistent wind carries the scent of dry sage and oxidized earth. It lies 19.9 miles northeast of Riverton, WY (from Riverton, WY: bearing 43°T), and is situated 28.8 miles south of Thermopolis. Poison Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the sun-bleached landscape, its banks marking a quiet boundary for the low-slung architecture that defines the horizon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains provide a jagged, violet-hued spine against the vast, pale sky, while the nearby waters of Boysen Reservoir offer a rare, shimmering contrast to the surrounding desert plains. Residents often gather at the Town of Shoshoni - Town Park, a modest patch of green that serves as a communal anchor against the relentless reach of the high-plains weather. The light here at dusk is particularly heavy and amber, transforming the rusted iron and weathered wood of the outskirts into something momentarily luminous and still.

Shoshoni grew from the iron veins of the railroad, a byproduct of the tracks that once funneled settlers and commerce into this rugged interior. The local economy has long been tethered to the pulse of the earth, drawing its vitality from the energy industry and the agricultural output of the nearby Missouri Valley. Life in Shoshoni moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, reflecting a history shaped by isolation and the hard-won resilience of those who cultivate the scrubland. While the town remains quiet, the remnants of its industrial heritage are evident in the utilitarian structures that dot the landscape, standing as stark markers of a frontier that never fully softened. It is a place where the silence is as much a part of the daily rhythm as the occasional rumble of a passing train, maintaining a character defined more by the vast, open horizon than by the fleeting fashions of the world beyond.

About This Shoshoni Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shoshoni, Wyoming. Coordinates: 43.235792, -108.110372. 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 Shoshoni includes the ZIP code (82649), telephone area code (307), county seat of Fremont County (Lander), and school district assignment (Fremont County School District 24).

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.