Worland, Wyoming

Worland is a city in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States.

[8] Due to the location within the Big Horn Basin, it is protected from severe weather by the surrounding mountains from nearly every direction.

This topography results in weather that is highly continental with frigid and dry winters, little wind, little rainfall and few storms.

[11] The United States Postal Service operates the Worland Post Office.

[14] The Wyoming Department of Family Services Juvenile Services Division operates the Wyoming Boys' School, located in Mc Nutt,[15] unincorporated Washakie County, near Worland.

[16] The facility was operated by the Wyoming Board of Charities and Reform until that agency was dissolved as a result of a state constitutional amendment passed in November 1990.

The economy of Worland is supported by agriculture and oil and gas drilling.

Top employers in Worland include Admiral Beverage, Wyoming Sugar Company, Crown Cork & Seal, and MillerCoors.

Public education in the city of Worland is provided by Washakie County School District #1.

Worland Senior Center also provides a demand response service on weekdays and Sundays.

[20] Intercity bus service to the city is provided by Express Arrow.

Worland City public cemetery, August 2004
Worland Station, August 2017