Biohazard Cleanup Near Sinclair Historic District Sinclair, WY

Sinclair is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, and its population was 374 at the 2020 census.

The town was originally called Parco, after the Producers & Refiners Corporation, or PARCO, which founded the refinery and the company town.

Sinclair was renamed after PARCO was acquired during the Great Depression by Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and the original refinery, located just east of town, remains in use to this day.

The town was built as a planned community in 1924-1925, designed by Denver architects Fisher & Fisher in a Spanish Colonial Revival style.

The historic center of town was designated the Parco Historic District in 1987, and the district holds 93 buildings, 49 of them contributing structures, laid out around a central plaza.

Ground was broken for the refinery in October 1922, and the refinery started up on March 13, 1923.

The Sinclair Refinery, now operated by HF Sinclair, processes 94,000 barrels of crude oil per day and has 475 employees, with an average of 350 contractors.

In 1967, the Sinclair Refining Company sold the townsite and buildings to local residents.

In the 2010 census, Sinclair had 433 people and 170 households.

Sinclair is located just east of Rawlins in central Carbon County.