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The town was established in the 1880s by Mormon settlers; it is generally held to be named after Jay L. Torrey from Pittsfield, Illinois. Torrey was a member of the Wyoming legislature, who, upon the advent of the Spanish-American War, achieved national attention by proposing the creation of what became three volunteer cavalry regiments, made up of cowboys and stockmen. Torrey was commissioned Colonel of the 2nd Regiment, the "Rocky Mountain Riders"; the 1st Regiment, the only regiment to see action, was better known as the Rough Riders.
Torrey is located at 38°18'6" North, 111°25'12" West (38.301599, -111.419916) 1, at an altitude of 6830 feet.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of one square kilometer (0.4 square mile), none of which is covered with water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2 of 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, there are 171 people in the town, organized into 73 households and 50 families. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 169.3/km˛ (433.3/mi˛). There are 110 housing units at an average density of 108.9/km˛ (278.7/mi˛). All but one person (i.e. 99.42%) reported their race as White; one person (0.58%) reported a multiracial background. Four people (2.34% of the population) identified themselves as HispanicHispanic as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorise US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from Spain or the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America. The term is used as a or LatinoA Latino is a person of Latin American heritage, or of the Latin American culture. The feminine form of the word is "Latina". Latino" is a shortened form of the Spanish word for a Latin American individual, "latinoamericano. In Italy, the term is sometime of any race.
There are 73 households out of which 23.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% are married couplesMarriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. Precise definitions vary historically and between and within cultures, but it has been an important concept as a socially sanctioned bond between people who (usually) are living together, 6.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% are non-families. 26.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.34 and the average family size is 2.76.
In the town the population is spread out with 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $25,859, and the median income for a family is $26,528. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $16,667 for females. The per capita incomeThe per capita income for an area may be defined as the total personal income in an area, divided by the number of people in that area. A ranking of the top 10 countries, according to the 2004 CIA World Factbook (in US dollar) # Luxembourg $55,100 # Norwa for the town is $15,818. 6.7% of the population and 5.9% of families are below the poverty lineThe poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. People who have an income below the poverty line have no discretionary disposable income, by definition. The actual monetary value of. Out of the total population, 0.0% of those under the age of 18 and 20.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.