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History · Bessemer Bend

1 of Bessemer Bend’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the DUX Bessemer Bend Bridge. Most of Bessemer Bend was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1950 on.

1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bessemer Bend’s past

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The story so far

Bessemer Bend, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bessemer Bend yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bessemer Bend is a census-designated place (CDP) in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 199 at the 2010 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 199 in 2010, 202 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Bessemer Bend, decade by decade

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On the map

Bessemer Bend on the map, 1950 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bessemer Bend. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bessemer Bend on the 1950 USGS mapBessemer Bend on the 1960 USGS mapBessemer Bend on the 1978 USGS map1950Emigrant Gap sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bessemer Bend.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Bessemer Bend

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
DUX Bessemer Bend Bridge
DUX Bessemer Bend Bridge
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DUX Bessemer Bend BridgeStructure

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Bessemer Bend’s history

What is on the National Register in Bessemer Bend?

One place: the DUX Bessemer Bend Bridge (listed 1985).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.