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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. |
Park County, WyomingPark County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for Yellowstone National Park. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryPark County was organized in 1909. The flags of five countries have flown over that part of Wyoming which is now Park County—the flags of Spain, Great Britain, Mexico, France and the United States. For many years it was in Dakota Territory. With the birth of statehood in 1890, Wyoming, the 44th state, was divided into five counties running from North to South across the state. What is now Park County was first a part of Sweetwater County, then Fremont County, and then Big Horn County; until 1909 when the Wyoming State Legislature defined and set aside the boundaries of Park County. A year later in November 1910, an election was held to determine the county seat. Competition was keen between Cody and Powell with Cody winning by a wide margin. Records have been kept in Park County since 1911. The Historic Park County Courthouse was completed in 1912 and has housed the Archives since 1985. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,969 square miles (18,048 kmē), of which,
6,942 square miles (17,981 kmē) of it is land and 26 square miles (68 kmē) of it (0.37%) 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." |
