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Washakie County, Wyoming
Washakie County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Worland
Year Organized: 1911
Square Miles: 2,243
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Court House: P.O. Box 260
County Courthouse
Worland, WY 82401-0260
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Named: Named for Chief Washakie of the Shoshoni Indian Tribe in Wyoming.
State & County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Washakie County was organized in 1911 and named after the head chief of the Shoshone people, Chief Washakie, who became an ally of the US Government.
Neighboring Counties:
- Big Horn County (north)
- Johnson County (east)
- Natrona County (southeast)
- Fremont County (south)
- Hot Springs County (west)
- Park County (northwest)
Cities:
| - Ten Sleep |
town |
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| - Worland (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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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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Penn Foster High School
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