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Bairoil is an incorporated town in northeastern Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Bairoil had a population of 68 at the 2020 census, down from 106 in 2010, and in the 2010 census it had 49 households.

Bairoil was formed around 1916 by former sheep rancher Charles M. Bair, who was the first to drill oil in the area and started the Bair Oil Company, for which the town was named.

Bairoil's post office was established in 1924 and a school was constructed in 1936, but the town did not receive electricity until 1951 and phone service until 1970.

Bairoil was incorporated in 1980.

A hang-gliding world record was set in 1989 by Kevin Christopherson, who rode an updraft 287 miles from Bairoil to North Dakota.

Bairoil is located on the northeast edge of the Great Divide Basin, and Wyoming Highway 73 leads approximately 5 miles east to Lamont.

Bairoil covers 1.41 square miles, sits at an elevation of 6,857 feet, and has a semi-arid climate.

Bairoil is governed by a mayor and a town council with four council members.

Public education in Bairoil is provided by Carbon County School District Number 1, with students zoned to Rawlins schools, after Bairoil Elementary was shut down in 2013 due to low enrollment.