Medicine Bow, Wyoming

About Medicine Bow

Set in the southeastern part of Wyoming, Medicine Bow is a tiny community with an estimated population of 238.

Medicine Bow holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 3.46 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 69 residents per square mile.

📰 Medicine Bow News Today

• Leeches, Lambs And Log Walls: Race Is On To Save Medicine-Bow’s Niland Cabin cowboystatedaily.com · Aug 15
• 3-Hour standoff in Medicine Bow National Forest ends safely capcity.news · Aug 5
• WYDEQ Issues 218 Page Report on Medicine Bow Airport Bigfoot 99 Radio · Aug 13
• Policing in Medicine Bow went boom, then bust, reflecting statewide funding challenges Oil City News · Jan 8
• Carbon County deputies talk down suicidal person in Medicine Bow National Forest WyomingNews.com · Aug 7

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Medicine Bow Unique

• The only place in America named Medicine Bow — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southeastern Wyoming, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Wyoming — one of 205 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 19 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Medicine Bow

• C-Spear
• JB's Fast Food Shop And Groceries (café)
• Old West

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Fossil Bone Cabin · Attraction
• Medicine Bow Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏫 Schools in Medicine Bow

• Medicine Bow Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Medicine Bow

🏘️ Nearby Communities