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{{Infobox U.S. county
| county             = Hot Springs County
| state              = Wyoming
| seal               = 
| flag               = Flag of Hot Springs County, Wyoming.gif
| founded            = February 21, 1911 (established)<br />1913 (organized)
| seat wl            = Thermopolis
| largest city       = Thermopolis
| city type          = town
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2006
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2004
| area_water_sq_mi   = 2.3
| area percentage    = 0.1%
| population_as_of   = 2020
| population_total   = 4621
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| population_est     = 
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| web                = www.hscounty.com
| ex image           = Hot Springs County Courthouse, Thermopolis, WY.jpg
| ex image cap       = Hot Springs County Courthouse
| time zone          = Mountain
| district           = At-large
| named for          = [[Hot springs]] in the area
}}
'''Hot Springs County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Wyoming]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census]], 4,621 people lived there.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: Hot Springs County, Wyoming|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/hotspringscountywyoming|access-date=January 21, 2024}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Thermopolis, Wyoming|Thermopolis]].<ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://explorer.naco.org/index.html|title=NACo County Explorer|author=National Association of Counties|access-date=January 21, 2024}}</ref> The county is named for the [[hot spring]]s located in [[Hot Springs State Park]]. Hot Springs County was created on February 21, 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Wyoming: Individual County Chronologies|website=Wyoming Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=The [[Newberry Library]]|editor-last=Long|editor-first=John H.|date=2004|access-date=August 19, 2015|archive-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803014725/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Communities ==
=== Towns ===
* [[East Thermopolis, Wyoming|East Thermopolis]]
* [[Kirby, Wyoming|Kirby]]
* [[Thermopolis, Wyoming|Thermopolis]] (county seat)

=== Census-designated places ===
* [[Lucerne, Wyoming|Lucerne]]
* [[Owl Creek, Wyoming|Owl Creek]]

=== Unincorporated communities ===
* Embar
* Grass Creek
* Wedding of the Waters

=== Ghost towns ===
* [[Gebo, Wyoming|Gebo]]

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.hscounty.com/ Hot Springs County official website]

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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Hot Springs County, Wyoming
|East      = [[Washakie County, Wyoming|Washakie County]]
|South     = [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Fremont County]]
|Northwest = [[Park County, Wyoming|Park County]]
}}

{{Wyoming}}

[[Category:1911 establishments in Wyoming]]
[[Category:Wyoming counties]]