Opal, Wyoming

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{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Opal, Wyoming
|settlement_type = [[Town]]
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|image_map = File:Lincoln County Wyoming Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Opal Highlighted 5657810.svg
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|map_caption = Location of Opal in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Wyoming]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Wyoming|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Lincoln County, Wyoming|Lincoln]]


|government_footnotes =
|government_type = Municipal
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Mary O. Hall
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_56.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 1.02
|area_land_km2 = 1.02
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.39
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.39
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00


|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_total = 64
|population_density_km2 = 106.79
|population_density_sq_mi = 276.65


|timezone = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
|utc_offset = -7
|timezone_DST = MDT
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|elevation_m = 2033
|elevation_ft = 6670
|coordinates = {{coord|41|46|14|N|110|19|33|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 83124
|area_code = [[Area code 307|307]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 56-57810<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 1592450<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
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|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
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'''Opal''' is a town in [[Lincoln County, Wyoming|Lincoln County]], [[Wyoming]], United States. The population was 64 at the [[United States Census 2020|2020 census]].

==Geography==
Opal is located at {{coord|41|46|14|N|110|19|33|W|type:city}} (41.770449, -110.325918).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.39|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=February 20, 2011}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 78
|1950= 67
|1960= 55
|1970= 34
|1990= 95
|2000= 102
|2010= 96
|2020= 64
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 14, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 96 people, 38 households, and 28 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|246.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 51 housing units at an average density of {{convert|130.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 92.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.3% of the population.

There were 38 households, of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26.3% were non-families. 10.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.82.

The median age in the town was 44.5 years. 24% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.9% were from 25 to 44; 43.8% were from 45 to 64; and 5.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 58.3% male and 41.7% female.

==Education==
It is within [[Lincoln County School District 1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st56_wy/schooldistrict_maps/c56023_lincoln/DC20SD_C56023.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lincoln County, WY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=2 (PDF p. 3/3)|access-date=2024-12-06}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st56_wy/schooldistrict_maps/c56023_lincoln/DC20SD_C56023_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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{{Lincoln County, Wyoming}}

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[[Category:Towns in Wyoming]]
[[Category:Towns in Lincoln County, Wyoming]]

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