Owl Creek, Wyoming

About Owl Creek

Owl Creek is a small unincorporated community in northern Wyoming.

Owl Creek holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.53 square miles.

📰 Owl Creek News Today

• Firefighter Dies in Wildfire - ABC News ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos · Apr 21
• NWSR issues Flood Watch advisory for portions of Central, Northwest Wyoming County 10 · Jul 16
• Why This Wyoming Town Deserves More Attention WorldAtlas · Mar 8
• Activist Says Riverton Woman Evicted Because Other Tenants Planned To Murder Her Cowboy State Daily · Sep 18
• #HeadsUp: WY 120 Highway improvement project northwest of Thermopolis begins County 10 · Mar 17

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What Makes Owl Creek Unique

• The only place in America named Owl Creek — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northern Wyoming, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 20 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Legend Rock Petroglyph Site · Attraction

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🌤️ Current Weather

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