Sheridan, Wyoming

Life in Sheridan, Wyoming, explained by people who’ve lived in Sheridan:

*Response format = Answer (Your name, How long you’ve lived in Sheridan)

Sheridan Favorites

What’s your favorite thing about living in Sheridan?

What’s your least favorite thing about living in Sheridan?

Snow. (Richard, 2 years)
Lack of shopping. So sorry we lost our Penneys. (Evelyn, 3 years)
Expensive. (James, 5 years)
The cost of living. If you are just over the cut off of poverty level, it is difficult to make ends meet every month. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Small town thinking. (Duffie, 9 years)
It’s growing too fast. (Pamela, 11 years)
(Some wouldn’t consider this bad) The focus on drinking- the number of bars and drive up liquor stores. (Christy, 13 years)
Poor/expensive airline service. (MG, 15 years)
The abundance of hotels. (Shay, 20 years)
Nothing. (Sylvia, 21 years)
Going to Billings for medical. (Rhonda, 23 years)
The cops. (Dave, 35 years)
Winter. (Deb, 60 years)

What are fun things to do in Sheridan?

Hunt, fish, hike, downtown events. (Richard, 2 years)
Plays, music, park ice cream, senior center, parade. (Evelyn, 3 years)
Night bowling and Golf. (James, 5 years)
Public events at the college, and so many fun community summer activities. Shopping! The Y. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Golf. (Duffie, 9 years)
Play pool. (Pamela, 11 years)
Fish, hike, hunt, walking paths, window shopping downtown, free ice skating in the winter…(Christy, 13 years)
Kendrick park, centennial theater, drive in big horn and story, fishing pond. (Shay, 20 years)
I love the park and walking downtown. (Sylvia, 21 years)
Bars. (Rhonda, 23 years)
Go to mountains, camping, hunting, fishing. (Dave, 35 years)
Hiking, fishing, climbing, dancing, drinking and festivals. (Roger, 40 years)
Fishing, camping, rock hounding, hiking, rodeo, snow machining. (Deb, 60 years)

What’s Sheridan known for?

What’s the crime like in Sheridan? (hot spot areas, etc.)

Fairly low. Good place to raise kids. (Richard, 2 years)
Very little that I know of. (Evelyn, 3 years)
I had a stereo and vehicle stolen. (James, 5 years)
My home town is a high crime area, in Wyoming and I work at the Sheridan county jail. No place is immune to crime, but I have to say that for the population size, the overall crime here is low. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Not bad. (Duffie, 9 years)
We have very little crime here, however we have had a lot of theft lately. (Pamela, 11 years)
I am sure there are some, but haven’t personally experienced anything. I have accidentally left my purse or wallet in my cart or at the checkout a few times only to find it turned in and exactly how I left it. (Christy, 13 years)
Minimal. (MG, 15 years)
Avoca and country club apartments are huge drug spots, Coffeen is a traffic accident hot spot. (Shay, 20 years)
Not too bad. (Rhonda, 23 years)
Low crime, more cops than Denver. (Dave, 35 years)
More prevalent than it used to be. Still moderate.(Roger, 40 years)
Low. (Deb, 60 years)

Any advice for people moving to Sheridan?

Do your homework. Sheridan is very expensive and simply doesn’t have the jobs to support such a pricey community. (Richard, 2 years)
You’ll love the people and mountains and summer weather. (Evelyn, 3 years)
There are so many resources available here. (Anonymous, 8 years)
People are friendly, but it takes awhile for them to accept you if you weren’t born in Sheridan. (Duffie, 9 years)
Don’t, the more that come, the less likely Sheridan will stay small and friendly!(Pamela, 11 years)
This is a great place to raise a family. Go to the library, go to the YMCA- find out about all of the great activities for families- most of which are a fair price and often free. (Christy, 13 years)
Get involved. (MG, 15 years)
We are friendly people for the most part, so don’t be afraid to put yourselves out there to get to know us. (Shay, 20 years)
You will love it more. (Sylvia, 21 years)
Don’t drink and drive. (Rhonda, 23 years)
Don’t drive after dark. (Dave, 35 years)
Mingle or move on. (Roger, 40 years)
You’ll love the caring, friendly folks here. (Deb, 60 years)

Share an experience you’ve had in Sheridan (fun, crazy, dangerous, etc.).

Wonderful plays and Theatre festival. (Evelyn, 3 years)
Too many to share. Love this town! (Anonymous, 8 years)
I got to attend the Prince concert when he came there for the opening of his movie. (Duffie, 9 years)
The rodeo street dance! (Pamela, 11 years)
Every one of my kids has been in the newspaper :D. (Christy, 13 years)
My favorite memories are during rodeo or Third Thursday festivals. (Shay, 20 years)
Going to mountains and cooking breakfast. (Sylvia, 21 years)
Christmas at Trails End historic. (Rhonda, 23 years)
Too many to list. (Dave, 35 years)
When Queen Elizabeth came to visit. (Deb, 60 years)

How do you think Sheridan will change over the next 10 years?

Sheridan will continue to grow with most of the people coming from out of state. Sheridan has a high retirement community which contributes to the fact that most people can’t afford it here. (Richard, 2 years)
Ok, I believe it will grow and jobs will be more plentiful and better paying with new companies moving in. (Evelyn, 3 years)
I feel the population will grow, bringing in new businesses. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Not much other then the Powder Horn there isn’t much to do and the coal industry is changing so work is going to change. (Duffie, 9 years)
Yes as long as people keep moving here, the more big city it will become. (Pamela, 11 years)
Hopefully the pathways, senior living and family focused greatness will continue to be strong and grow and improve. (Christy, 13 years)
More crowded. (MG, 15 years)
I think it’ll become too much of a tourist hot spot, I also hope that Sheridan will bring in some good restaurants. (Shay, 20 years)
More shopping. (Sylvia, 21 years)
More Industry and more people. (Rhonda, 23 years)
I think it will continue to grow, more big business will move into Sheridan. (Dave, 35 years)
I hope not much. (Deb, 60 years)

Any other interesting facts about Sheridan?

Sheridan’s citizens are either very warm or very cold. Maybe 50/50. (Richard, 2 years)
Sheridan was known for Buffalo Bill. (Anonymous, 8 years)
Small businesses don’t tend to thrive, and the chamber of commerce is only interested in making money for themselves. (Pamela, 11 years)
The Big Horn Mountains close by. (Christy, 13 years)
Main St. is so historical and beautiful. The best place to go to find interesting facts is Sheridan county museum. (Shay, 20 years)
There is a lot of people here with a lot of money. (Dave, 35 years)
It’s very historic. (Deb, 60 years)