Sinclair is a town in Carbon County

Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2010, the population was 15,885. Its county seat is Rawlins.- History :Carbon County was organized in 1868....

, Wyoming

Wyoming

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, United States

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. The town was originally called Parco, after the Producers & Refiners Corporation (or PARCO) which founded the refinery and the company town. It was renamed Sinclair after PARCO was acquired during the Great Depression

Great Depression

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 by Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation

Sinclair Oil

Sinclair Oil Corporation is an American petroleum corporation, founded by Harry F. Sinclair on May 1, 1916 as the Sinclair Oil & Refining Corporation by combining the assets of 11 small petroleum companies. Originally a New York corporation, Sinclair Oil reincorporated in Wyoming in 1976...

. The original refinery, located in the center of the town, remains in use to this day. Sinclair's population was 423 at the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

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Geography

Sinclair is located at 41°46′51"N 107°7′1"W (41.780782, -107.116826).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 423 people, 168 households, and 115 families residing in the town. The population density

Population density

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 was 174.0 people per square mile (67.2/km²). There were 211 housing units at an average density of 86.8 per square mile (33.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.22% White, 0.47% African American, 1.42% Native American, 0.95% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.60% of the population.

There were 168 households out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $48,214, and the median income for a family was $54,688. Males had a median income of $36,875 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the town was $22,384. About 1.7% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public education in the town of Sinclair is provided by Carbon County School District #1

Carbon County School District Number 1

Carbon County School District #1 is a public school district based in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States.-Geography:Carbon County School District #1 serves the western portion of Carbon County and a small portion of northeastern Sweetwater County, including the following communities:*Incorporated...

. Zoned campuses include Sinclair Elementary School (grades K-5), Rawlins Middle School (grades 6-8), and Rawlins High School

Rawlins High School

Rawlins High School is a public high school located in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States. Rawlins High School is part of Carbon County School District #1.-Notable alumni:*Lillian Heath , the first female doctor in Wyoming....

(grades 9-12).