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Wyoming Counties
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Wyoming Counties
There are 23 counties in the state of Wyoming. There were originally five counties in the
Wyoming Territory: Laramie and Carter, established in 1867; Carbon and Albany established in 1868; and Uinta, an
annexed portion of Utah and Idaho, extending from Montana (including Yellowstone Park) to the Wyoming-Utah
boundary. On July 10, 1890, Wyoming was admitted to the Union with thirteen counties. |
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Big Horn County, Wyoming
Big Horn County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Basin
Year Organized: 1896
Square Miles: 3,159
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Court House:
420 West C Street, PO Box 31
County Courthouse
Basin, WY 82410-0000 |
Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for the Big Horn or Rocky Mountain sheep, which were numerous in that part of the country in the early days.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Big Horn County was organized in 1896. Bighorn County, Wyoming, is located in the northern part of Wyoming's bighorn
basin. Bighorn County was created from parcels taken from Johnson, Fremont, and Sheridan counties, and was organized in
1897.
An examination of a buffalo petroglyph near Greybull, WY. indicated that 1000-1500 years ago showed that the
Shosone and Crow Indian tribes lived in the Big Horn Basin before the arrival of white men. In 1823 the first group
of white fur trappers led by Jedediah Smith passed through the Big Horn Basin and later spent their first winter
with a band of Crow IndiansLegend has said that the Greybull name came from an ancient albino buffalo believed to be
sacred by early area Native Americans.
Industries
The principle industries in Bighorn County are bentonite mining, farming, sugar beat & bean processing, and
tourism.
Big Horn County offers many attractions, including the Bighorn National Forest & Antelope Butte Ski Area, Pryor
Mountain Wild Horse Refuge, Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site, Greybull Museum & dinosaur tracksite, Bighorn
Reservoir Recreation Area, Shell Falls, Paintrock, and Medicine Wheel.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,159 square miles (8,182 kmē), of which,
3,137 square miles (8,125 kmē) of it is land and 22 square miles (57 kmē) of it (0.70%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Park County, Wyoming - west
- Washakie County, Wyoming - south
- Johnson County, Wyoming - east
- Sheridan County, Wyoming - east
- Big Horn County, Montana - north
- Carbon County, Montana - north
Cities and Towns:
| - Basin (County Seat) |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Burlington |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Byron |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Cowley |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Deaver |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Greybull |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Lovell |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Manderson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Bighorn County
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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