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Wright is a town in Campbell County, Wyoming, and its population was 1,644 at the 2020 census.

The Wright family homesteaded the area in 1911, and R. A. Wright opened Wright's first post office, giving the community its name.

The Town of Wright was incorporated in 1985, making it one of Wyoming's newest municipalities.

Wright boomed in the 1970s with the creation of the Black Thunder Coal Mine, the largest mine in the Powder River Basin and the most productive mine in the United States.

The Atlantic Richfield coal company built the newly organized community, developing housing and a company store for the energy boom.

On August 12, 2005, an F2 tornado struck a mobile home park at Wright, destroying 91 homes and killing two people, and around that time residents proposed a split from Campbell County.

Wright's population was 1,236 at the 1990 census, rose to 1,807 at the 2010 census, and fell to 1,644 at the 2020 census.

At the 2010 census Wright had 685 households, and the town covers 2.85 square miles at an elevation of 5,122 feet.

Public education in Wright is provided by Campbell County School District #1, with Cottonwood Elementary School for grades K through 6 and Wright Junior/Senior High School for grades 7 through 12.

Wright has a public library, a branch of the Campbell County Public Library System.