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Moorcroft is a town in Crook County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 946 at the 2020 census.

Moorcroft town overview:
Name:	Moorcroft town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Wyoming
County:	Crook County
Elevation:	4,226 ft (1,288 m)
Total Area:	1.26 sq mi (3.27 km²)
Land Area:	1.26 sq mi (3.27 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	946
Population Density:	858.27/sq mi (331.37/km²)
ZIP code:	82721
Area code:	307
FIPS code:	5654185
GNISfeature ID:	1601528
Website:	townofmoorcroft.com

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History

Moorcroft was incorporated on October 2, 1906. The exact meaning of Moorcroft is unknown but over the years has several suggested origins for the name. The town was named in 1876 after Alexander Moorcroft, an early settler from Northern England who built a cabin in the Black Hills of Wyoming. The name Moorcroft was chosen by the community’s first postman Stocks Millar (1858-1890) after his home town in Scotland.

A local establishment, Dewey’s Place, is a venue for the wintertime sport of chicken-roping. Based on rodeo calf-roping small cords are used in an indoor arena to lasso chicken. Cash and other prizes are awarded.