Table Rock is a ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The former town is part of a census-designated place. In the 2000 census, it had a population of 82, but the 2010 census reported a population of 0.

Geography

Table Rock lies along Interstate 80 in the Red Desert Basin, between Rock Springs and Wamsutter.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Table Rock has a total area of 6.8&nbsp;square miles (17.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

History

Table Rock was built in the late 1970s by Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) as a company town, to house workers during an area boom and housing shortage. It was built just north of the company's natural gas processing plant. CIG provided employees three- or four-bedroom homes free of charge and built a community center. The village began to decline after El Paso Corp. acquired CIG in 2001. In 2003, the plant and town were bought by Anadarko Petroleum, which then decided not to operate the village. Table Rock was closed in July 2003. The housing units were sold to real estate developers, and some of the houses were moved to Rock Springs.

The remaining homes were demolished in late August 2011, leaving the community center as the only structure standing on the village site, and it was scheduled to be moved.

Demographics

The census

References

Further reading

Note the CDP had a larger shape in the 2000 Census than the 2010 Census and beyond:

  • Table Rock Was Us