Counties (original) (raw)
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WYOMING COUNTIES
| COUNTY NAME | COUNTY SEAT | YEAR CREATED | YEAR ORGANIZED | PARENT COUNTIES | PLATE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | Laramie | 1868 | ORIGINAL | 5 | |
| Big Horn | Basin | 1890 | 1897 | Fremont JohnsonSheridan | 9 |
| Campbell | Gillette | 1913 | Crook Weston | 17 | |
| Carter* | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Carbon | Rawlins | 1868 | ORIGINAL | 6 | |
| Converse | Douglas | 1888 | Albany Laramie | 13 | |
| Crook | Sundance | 1875 | 1885 | Albany Laramie | 18 |
| Fremont | Lander | 1884 | Sweetwater | 10 | |
| Goshen | Torrington | 1913 | Laramie | 7 | |
| Hanover** | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hot Springs | Thermopolis | 1913 | Big Horn Fremont Park | 15 | |
| Johnson | Buffalo | 1881 | Carbon Sweetwater | 16 | |
| Laramie | Cheyenne | 1867 | 1868 | ORIGINAL | 2 |
| Lincoln | Kemmerer | 1913 | Uinta | 12 | |
| Natrona | Casper | 1890 | Carbon | 1 | |
| Niobrara | Lusk | 1911 | 1913 | Converse | 14 |
| Park | Cody | 1909 | 1911 | Big Horn | 11 |
| Pease*** | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Platte | Wheatland | 1913 | Laramie | 8 | |
| Sheridan | Sheridan | 1888 | Johnson | 3 | |
| Sublette | Pinedale | 1923 | Fremont Lincoln | 23 | |
| Sweetwater | Green River | 1867 | 1868 | ORIGINAL | 4 |
| Teton | Jackson | 1921 | Lincoln | 22 | |
| Uinta | Evanston | 1868 | ORIGINAL | 19 | |
| Washakie | Worland | 1913 | Big Horn | 20 | |
| Weston | Newcastle | 1890 | Crook | 21 |
* Carter County, one of Wyoming's five original counties, was renamed Sweetwater County in 1869. Its first county seat was South Pass City.
** According to the Wyoming Almanac, Hanover County existed for seven days in 1911 before it was renamed Washakie County.
*** Pease County, formed in 1875, was renamed Johnson County in 1879.