Medicine Bow, Wyoming

About Medicine Bow

Set in the southeastern part of Wyoming, Medicine Bow is a tiny community with an estimated population of 238.

Medicine Bow holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.46 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 69 residents per square mile.

📰 Medicine Bow News Today

• Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests & Thunder Basin National Grassland : Feature Story - The country that raised us US Forest Service (.gov) · Sep 29
• Stage 1 fire restrictions set for Medicine Bow National Forest WyomingNews.com · Jul 24
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Medicine Bow, Wyoming - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 23
• Policing in Medicine Bow went boom, then bust, reflecting statewide funding challenges Oil City News · Jan 8
• Drinking Wyoming: Nut Buckets, Red Bull And No Police At Medicine Bow's Old West Bar Cowboy State Daily · Aug 30

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Wyoming headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Medicine Bow Unique

• The only place in America named Medicine Bow — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southeastern Wyoming, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Wyoming — one of 205 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 19 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Medicine Bow

• C-Spear
• JB's Fast Food Shop And Groceries (café)
• Old West

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Fossil Bone Cabin · Attraction
• Medicine Bow Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Medicine Bow

• Medicine Bow Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Medicine Bow

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