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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.

Lincoln County, Wyoming

Lincoln County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Kemmerer
Year Organized: 1911
Square Miles: 4,089

Court House:

925 Sage Avenue
County Courthouse
Kemmerer, WY 83101-3114

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Organized from Uinta in 1913. First individuals came as trappers, explorers, and settlers. Oregon, Mormon and California Trails cross this area. The county covers from the West border of Wyoming past Opal and From Afton South of Kemmerer. The major industries are ranching, farming, mining, gas and oil production, and numerous production plants. Bridger National Forest covers part of Lincoln County. Fossil Butte National Monument is located west of Kemmerer and is a large collection for public view of Fossils. The road from Kemmerer to Afton is one of the major routes to Yellowstone National Park. The area has mountains, desert, and farm land. The terrain is ever changing and beautiful with something for all individuals.

Timeline

1811 Hoback Canyon and River named
1824 Ham's Fork named
1829 La Barge named
1842 Fort Bridger established
1850 California becomes a state
1853 Fort Supply established
1858 Fort Bridger becomes a military post
1867 Union Pacific Railroad crosses Wyoming
1868 Diamondville established
1869 Wyoming Territory formed
Evanston established
(1 Dec) Uinta County created. It included the present day counties of Teton, Lincoln Uinta, and half of Sublette. The town of Merril was named the County Seat for a short time after the creation of the county. Evanston was then named the County Seat.
1870 U. S. Census of Wyoming Uinta County population of 856
1872 (1 Mar) Congress created Yellowstone Park
1873 Evanston Incorporated
1874 Cokeville established
1876 Evanston Land Office opened
1879 Settlements of Freedom, Stumpp Creek(Auburn) in Salt River Valley (Star Valley) started
First cabin built

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,089 square miles (10,590 km²), of which, 4,069 square miles (10,539 km²) of it is land and 20 square miles (52 km²) of it (0.49%) is water

Neighboring Counties:

Teton County (north)
Sublette County (northeast)
Sweetwater County (east)
Uinta County (south)
Rich County, Utah (southwest)
Bear Lake County, Idaho (west)
Caribou County, Idaho and Bonneville County, Idaho (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Afton	town	Incorporated Area
- Alpine	town	Incorporated Area
- Cokeville	town	Incorporated Area
- Diamondville	town	Incorporated Area
- Kemmerer (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- La Barge	town	Incorporated Area
- Opal	town	Incorporated Area
- Thayne	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

Lincoln County, Wyoming

County Resources

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."