Living in Hartville, WY
Platte County
Hartville is a real, current Platte County town in southeast Wyoming, genuinely distinctive as the 'oldest small town' still inhabited in Wyoming, founded in 1881 during a short-lived copper boom (1880-1887). The town grew around a good water supply at Indian Springs and the nearby Glory Hole mine, drawing a genuinely diverse immigrant mining workforce and peaking at 776 residents in 1900. As copper prices fell, the boom ended quickly, though mining continued nearby until the Sunrise Mine finally closed in 1980. Hartville today is a genuinely tiny town of approximately 64 residents (2020 Census), where housing data is thin enough that this record discloses and uses Platte County's own median sale price (approximately $223,000) as an honest proxy rather than a fabricated town-specific figure. Hartville's own cited effective property tax rate (approximately 0.67%) runs as the lowest anywhere in Platte County, well below the national median, and Wyoming's constitutionally absolute lack of a state income tax applies fully. This record also discloses a real, current August 2024 wildfire that came close enough to threaten the historic town before recovery efforts began.
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Not independently sourced at the Platte County level this session. Wyoming carries no income tax statewide. See the Wyoming hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Hartville-specific.
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Pros
A real, historically significant identity as Wyoming's oldest continuously inhabited small town, with a genuinely well-documented 1880s copper-boom mining history. The lowest cited effective property tax rate anywhere in Platte County. Wyoming's real, current combination of no state income tax and genuinely low property taxes.
Cons
A real, disclosed, dramatic historical population decline (from a peak of 776 in 1900 to approximately 64 today). A real, disclosed research gap on Hartville-specific housing, crime, and school data -- this record uses Platte County's own county-level median as a disclosed housing proxy rather than a fabricated figure. A real, disclosed August 2024 wildfire scare that came close enough to threaten the town.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits movers drawn to a genuinely tiny, historically significant Wyoming mining town with very low property taxes, who are comfortable with extremely limited local retail, services, and amenities within town.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers who need confirmed, sourced local housing, crime, or school data before deciding, or who are not prepared for a genuinely tiny town with real, disclosed wildfire exposure and very limited local services.
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