WYOMING COMMUNITY PROFILES
LUSK
Located at the crossroads of US Highways 85 and 20/26 in the great prairie lands of eastern Wyoming, Lusk is the gateway to the Black Hills of South Dakota to the north, Yellowstone & Grand Teton Parks to the west, Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Colorado Front Range to the south and the rich farmlands and sandhill counties of Nebraska to the east. Lusk, the Niobrara County seat, is located in Eastern Wyoming in the tall grass country. Only 3,200 people live in rural Niobrara County, averaging out to almost 524 acres per person.
As a ranching community, Lusk has a relatively stable economic base. Today, it is a trading center for a ranching and dry-farming district which is somewhat involved in oil production. Agriculture has long anchored the community business structure often supplemented by booms in mineral exploration. The Union Pacific Railroad runs a double track west to east through Niobrara County carrying Wyoming's coal to the Midwest and beyond. Small businesses and light industry are welcome and thrive in an excellent commercial environment. Services include a quality education system, municipal airport, humanitarian services, police, sheriff, ambulance and fire protection, large public library and churches of many denominations.
The largest employment sectors are government and retail trade. The principal economic activities are ranching and dry land agriculture, along with oil production, retail trade and government. The Town of Lusk has raw land designated for industrial development.
Recreation in the Lusk area includes hunting, horseback riding, fishing, boating, hiking, rock/fossil/artifact hunting, tennis, sight-seeing and swimming.
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Located at the crossroads of US Highways 85 and 20/26 in the great prairie lands of eastern Wyoming, Lusk is the gateway to the Black Hills of South Dakota to the north, Yellowstone & Grand Teton Parks to the west, Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Colorado Front Range to the south and the rich farmlands and sandhill counties of Nebraska to the east. Lusk, the Niobrara County seat, is located in Eastern Wyoming in the tall grass country. Only 3,200 people live in rural Niobrara County, averaging out to almost 524 acres per person.
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