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 Click Image to Enlarge Wyoming CountiesThere 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. |
Johnson County, WyomingJohnson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for E. P. Johnson, a lawyer of Cheyenne. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryJohnson County was organized in 1875. In April, 1892, it was the scene of the Johnson County War, a range war between large cattle outfits and small stock growers (allegedly rustlers). Johnson County, Wyoming - encompassing the rolling plains of the Old West and the towering peaks of the Bighorn
Mountains. It's a land rich in both history and scenery. A place of sheep herders and cattle barons, renegades and
rustlers. Where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid holed up after their outlaw exploits. Where miners consumed with
gold rush fever passed through on the Bozeman Trail. Where some of the most famous Indian battles in American
history occurred. And where the Johnson County Cattle War, a rangeland dispute which historians often deem one of
the most notorious events in our history, left its mark here in the late 1880s ... and that Owen Wister wrote about
in his epic American novel, The Virginian. Source: (from the official Site of the Buffalo, Wyoming Chamber of Commerce GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,175 square miles (10,812 kmē), of which,
4,166 square miles (10,791 kmē) of it is land and 8 square miles (22 kmē) of it (0.20%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this 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." |
