It is my pleasure to welcome you to the official website for the City of Evanston, Wyoming. In today’s age of the Internet, it is a wonderful opportunity for us to introduce ourselves to you. I hope that the time you spend looking at this site will peak your interest enough that you will follow up with a phone call, an email, or, better yet, a personal visit.

Evanston has a proud railroad heritage dating back to the very first transcontinental railroad. Our City was laid out and named for James Evans, a surveyor for the Union Pacific Railroad. The City of Evanston was first incorporated in 1868 and for some unknown reason was later re-incorporated in 1888, which is the official date used as our birthday.

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