Newcastle

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Newcastle

Total population

3,348

Median home value

$178,900

20%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$82,734

Newcastle$83k

National$74k

Elevation1319 m

Land area6.6 km²

Weather83°F · Sunny

Coordinates43.85°, -104.20°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Newcastle is a city in and the county seat of Weston County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,374 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Newcastle, WY from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Edwin Keith Thomson

American politician (1919-1960)

C

Charles E. Richardson

American journalist (1934-2009)

E

Earl Christensen

American rancher and politician

M

Michael T. Avery

American politician

Z

Zack Hoffman

ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wyoming

• Hill View Heights
  3.4 mi away · pop. 240
• Osage
  15.1 mi away
• Upton
  28 mi away · pop. 892
• Sundance
  39.2 mi away
• Pine Haven
  46.2 mi away
• Moorcroft
  47 mi away
• Beulah
  48.4 mi away
• Lance Creek
  60.4 mi away
• Hulett
  60.9 mi away · pop. 428
• Wright
  65.1 mi away · pop. 1,443
• Sleepy Hollow
  66.8 mi away
• Gillette
  70.9 mi away · pop. 33,431

Browse all places in Wyoming →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Newcastle

Progress report on experiments in supplemental irrigation with small water supplies at Cheyenne and Newcastle, Wyoming, 1905-1908

United States. Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Library. · 1910

Final environmental impact statement and proposed resource management plan for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Newcastle Field Office, Newcastle, Wyoming

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Newcastle Field Office · 1999

Newcastle folio, Wyoming-South Dakota

Nelson Horatio Darton · 1904

Geology of the Newcastle area, Weston County, Wyoming

W.J Mapel · 1963

Wyoming: Newcastle : 1:100,000-scale topographic map

United States · 1999

Wyoming land use decisions

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Newcastle Resource Area · 1982

Stratigraphy of the Newcastle formation, Black Hills region, Wyoming and South Dakota

Robert M. Grace · 1952

Geologic atlas of U.S.

1904

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 90 mi
• Wildfire Montgomery Draw, Campbell, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 90 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 100 mi
• Wildfire Cold Springs, Converse, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 101 mi
• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 102 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 104 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 108 mi
• Wildfire Lumin, Sheridan, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-07-31 · 128 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).