Emblem | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wyoming#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Wyoming |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Wyoming |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Big Horn |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4449 |
Coordinates: | 44.5058°N -108.3917°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 82422 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1609087[1] |
Emblem (also Germania or Liberty Bench) is an unincorporated community in western Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The community has an official population of 10, although the surrounding rural area increases the number to over 100.[2] It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 14, 16 and 20, west-northwest of the town of Basin, the county seat of Big Horn County.[3] Its elevation is 4449feet. Although Emblem is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82422.[4]
Emblem was founded in 1896 when Solon Wiley's Big Horn Basin Development Company brought irrigation to the Emblem Bench.[5] Lutheran Germans settled there. The area now known as Emblem was once called Germania Bench after a settlement of German Lutherans arrived to farm the land.[6] The name became a subject of Anti-German sentiment during the first World War and the surrounding communities demanded that it be changed. Specifically, the community was told that the new name should be an "emblem of liberty." Accordingly, the name was changed to Emblem and the area was often referred to as "Liberty Bench."
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Emblem has a cold desert climate, abbreviated "BWk" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Emblem was on June 30, 2007, while the coldest temperature recorded was on December 31, 1978.
Public education in the community of Emblem is provided by Big Horn County School District #3. The district has three campuses – Greybull Elementary School (grades K-5), Greybull Middle School (6-8), and Greybull High School (9-12).