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.