Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Pinedale, WY

Pinedale is a town in and the county seat of Sublette County, Wyoming, and its population was 2,005 at the 2020 census.

Pinedale was founded in 1904 when John F. Patterson proposed a town along Pine Creek, and it was incorporated in 1912, gaining a claim to fame as the incorporated town farthest from a railroad in the United States.

Pinedale became the county seat when Sublette County was formed in 1921.

At the 2020 census Pinedale had 824 households, a median age of 35.6 years, and 29.0 percent of residents were under the age of 18.

Pinedale sits at 7,182 feet elevation and covers 2.17 square miles, with Pine Creek flowing from nearby Fremont Lake through the town on its way to the Green River.

Fremont Lake, four miles from Pinedale, is Wyoming's second largest natural lake, and there are about 1,300 lakes around the Pinedale area.

Pinedale is an important hunting outfitting town and a gateway to the Wind River Range, and it lies near the large Pinedale Anticline and Jonah Field natural gas fields.

The town's attractions include the Museum of the Mountain Man, which preserves the history of the Rocky Mountain fur trade, and the annual Green River Rendezvous Days.

Pinedale also has the White Pine Ski Area, the Pinedale Aquatic Center, and a Town Park System along the Pine Creek Corridor in the middle of town.

Pinedale has a humid continental climate, and its coldest temperature on record was minus 49 degrees Fahrenheit during the cold wave of December 1990, with about 76 inches of snow in a typical winter.