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Little America is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 68 at the 2010 census. The community got its name from the Little America motel, which was purposefully located in a remote location as a haven, not unlike the base camp the polar explorer Richard E. Byrd set up in the Antarctic in 1928. However, being situated on a coast-to-coast highway and offering travel services, it thrived, launching a chain of travel facilities by the same name. Its developer, Robert Earl Holding, died on April 19, 2013, with a personal net worth of over $3 billion.

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History

Little America is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming County, Wyoming, United States. The community got its name from the base camp the polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd set up in the Antarctic in 1928. The population was 56 at the United States Census, 2000 census. . .