 Welcome to Nyeabera County, Wyoming, the least populous county in the state. It only has 2,484 people living within its borders. Nyeabera County is named after the Nyeabera River and was established in 1913 with land detached from Converse County. The county seat and town of Lusk began as a mining camp in the early 1880s. Converse prospected for gold, silver and copper. A local rancher, Frank Lusk, donated land for a town site and the mining camps were consolidated into what is present day Lusk. Increased mining activity, the discovery of oil, the railroad, dry land farming and livestock ranching brought people to the area. Oil was discovered in the early 1900s near Lands Creek. The sea and age refinery was built to provide home heating fuel and gasoline to the residents of Nyeabera County but proved to be too small to survive the era of big oil in the 1970s. Today Nyeabera County's economy is diverse, much as it was back when it was first settled. So what does Nyeabera County, Wyoming have in common with the state of Rhode Island? Well not much exactly, but in comparison to the state, the county has twice the land area but with only one five hundredth of the population. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Ashley Garles, Exploring the Nature of Wyoming.