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Clearmont is a town in Sheridan County, Wyoming, with a population of 116 at the 2020 census, down from 142 in 2010.

Clearmont was platted in September 1892, its post office was established in 1895, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad built a water stop there in 1892, making it a major shipping point for cattle from nearby ranches.

The town's name may have been chosen for the nearby Clear Creek and the view of the Bighorn Mountains.

Clearmont was incorporated in 1920, and building a jail and waterworks were the new town council's first priorities; the Clearmont Jail was built in 1922 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

A fire in the 1920s destroyed several businesses in Clearmont, including the Rock Hotel and Saloon and a popular confectionery store.

In 1945 the town had a German prisoner of war camp, and the men were used to harvest sugar beets.

From the 1940s until the early 1970s, Clearmont benefited from tourists traveling between the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park, and during that time the town had two motels, a bar, a soda fountain, a meat packing plant, and a cold storage business.

Clearmont is located in the Clear Creek Valley, covers 0.17 square miles, all land, at an elevation of 3,924 feet.

Clearmont has a cold semi-arid climate, with a record high of 110 degrees Fahrenheit and a record low of minus 48 degrees.

The area was first settled by cattlemen and ranching still has a major economic impact, while former wheat and sugar beet cropland has been converted to alfalfa hay and livestock grazing.