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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. |
Uinta County, WyomingUinta County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for the Uintah Mountains, which in turn were named for the Uintah Indians. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryUinta County was organized in 1869. The Territory of Wyoming was organized by Act of Congress in the year 1868, with the boundaries of the present
state. As originally divided, its four counties, extending from Montana on the north to the Colorado and Utah lines
on the south, were Laramie, Albany, Carbon and Carter. In its derivation Carter County stood alone among not only
the counties of Wyoming but of the nation as well, for it was composed of portions of the three great western
accessions of the United States. That part northeast of the Shoshone range came from the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
From these mountains to the 42nd parallel is a tract acquired from the Oregon Territory, to which the claim of the
United States was definitely established in 1846. The land south of this came to us from the Mexican Cession of
1848. The territories of Utah, organized in 1850; Dakota, in 1861, and Idaho, in 1863, contributed to the formation
of Carter County. From the time of the organization of the Territory of Utah in 1850 to the establishment of our
territorial government, the southern part was known as Green River County, Utah. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,088 square miles (5,407 kmē), of which,
2,082 square miles (5,391 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (15 kmē) of it (0.28%) 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." |
