Wyoming County History and Listings

Albany
525 Grand Ave., Laramie, WY 82070
(307) 721-2541
http://www.co.albany.wy.us
Incorporated: Dec. 16, 1868
Parent county: Original County
Marriage records: start in 1948, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1980, District Court
Land: 1948, County Clerk
Probate: 1981, District Court
Court: 1980, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1869-1979, Death records 1899-1908, land records 1869-1947, naturalization 1869-1908, and probate records 1869-1980.

Big Horn
Box 31, Basin, WY 82410
(307) 568-2612
http://www.bighorncountywy.gov
Incorporated: March 1890
Parent counties: Fremont, Johnson, Sheridan
Marriage records: start in 1968, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1970, District Court
Land: 1965, County Clerk
Probate: 1970, District Court
Court: 1970, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1897-1969, land records 1885-1964, marriage records 1897-1967, military discharge records 1919-1964, naturalization records 1929-1955, and probate records 1897-1969.

Campbell
500 S. Gillette Ave., Gillette, WY 82716
(307) 682-7283
http://www.ccgov.net
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent counties: Crook, Weston
Marriage records: start in 1961, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1988, District Court
Land: 1961, County Clerk
Probate: 1970, District Court
Court: 1988, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1912-1987, land records 1885-1960, marriage records 1913-1960, military discharge records 1919-1960, naturalization records 1913-1940, and probate records 1915-1969.

Carbon
Box 6, Rawlins, WY 82301
(307) 328-2668
http://www.carbonwy.com
Incorporated: Dec. 16, 1868
Parent county: Original County
Marriage records: start in 1959, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1988, District Court
Land: 1948, County Clerk
Probate: 1953, District Court
Court: 1988, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1870-1979, land records 1869-1947, marriage records 1870-1958, military discharge records 1919-1951, naturalization records 1908-1936, and probate records 1875-1952. See Nebraska for 1860 census.

Carter
Incorporated: Dec. 27, 1867
Parent county: Original County
Notes: See Sweetwater County. Name changed to Sweetwater 1869.

Converse
107 N. Fifth St., Suite 114, Douglas, WY 82633
(307) 358-2244
http://conversecounty.org
Incorporated: March 1888
Parent counties: Laramie, Albany
Marriage records: start in 1963, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1963, District Court
Land: 1963, County Clerk
Probate: 1963, District Court
Court: 1963, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1888-1962, land records 1885-1962, marriage records 1888-1962, military discharge records 1919-1962, naturalization records 1888-1940, and probate records 1892-1962.

Crook
Box 37, Sundance, WY 82729
(307) 283-1323
http://www.crookcounty.wy.gov
Incorporated: December 1875
Parent counties: Laramie, Albany
Marriage records: start in 1970, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1905, District Court
Land: 1952, County Clerk
Probate: 1929, District Court
Court: 1905, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1886-1904, land records 1885-1951, marriage records 1885-1969, military discharge records 1945-1952, naturalization records 1879-1918, and probate records 1886-1928.

Fremont
450 N. Second St., lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-2405
http://fremontcountywy.org
Incorporated: March 1884
Parent county: Sweetwater
Marriage records: start in 1969, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1965, District Court
Land: 1968, County Clerk
Probate: 1977, District Court
Court: 1965, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1888-1964, land records 1884-1967, marriage records 1884-1968, military discharge records 1918-1920, naturalization records 1907-1939, and probate records 1884-1976.

Goshen
Box 160, Torrington, WY 82240
(307) 532-4051
http://goshencounty.org
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent county: Laramie
Marriage records: start in 1911, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1969, District Court
Land: late 1800s, County Clerk
Probate: 1980, District Court
Court: 1969, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1913-1968, and probate records 1913-1979. State Archives has a few early court and divorce records dating from 1868.

Hot Springs
415 Arapahoe St., Thermopolis, WY 82443
(307) 864-3515
http://www.hscounty.com
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent counties: Fremont, Park, Big Horn
Marriage records: start in 1956, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1936, District Court
Land: 1950, County Clerk
Probate: 1921, District Court
Court: 1936, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1911-1935, land records 1893-1949, marriage records 1913-1955, military discharge records 1919-1948, and probate records 1912-1920.

Johnson
76 N. Main St., Buffalo, WY 82834
(307) 684-7555
http://www.johnsoncountywyoming.org
Incorporated: December 1875
Parent counties: Carbon and Sweetwater
Marriage records: start in 1961, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1964, District Court
Land: 1961, County Clerk
Probate: 1939, District Court
Court: 1964, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records ca. 1882-1963, land and marriage records 1881-1960, military discharge records 1871, 1884, 1890, 1919-1960, naturalization records 1881-1933, and probate records ca. 1885-1938. Formerly Pease County. Name changed to Johnson 1879.

Laramie
310 W. 19th St., Room 400, Cheyenne, WY 82001
(307) 633-4260
http://www.laramiecounty.com
Incorporated: Jan. 9, 1867
Parent county: Original County
Marriage records: start in 1974, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1921, District Court
Land: 1976, County Clerk
Probate: 1993, District Court
Court: 1921, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1868-1920, land records 1867-1975, marriage records 1868-1973, military discharges 1945-1963, naturalization records 1868-1943, probate records 1891-1992, wills 1973-1993. See Nebraska for 1860 census.

Lincoln
925 Sage Ave., Kemmerer, WY 83101
(307) 877-9056
http://www.lcwy.org
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent county: Uinta
Marriage records: start in 1967, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1974, District Court
Land: 1967, County Clerk
Probate: 1966, District Court
Court: 1974, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1913-1973, land records 1880-1966, marriage records 1913-1966, military discharge records 1919-1968, probate records 1913-1965, and wills 1888-1975.

Natrona
Box 863, Casper, WY 82602
(307) 235-9202
http://www.natrona.net
Incorporated: March 1888
Parent county: Carbon
Marriage records: start in 1972, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1959, District Court
Land: 1979, County Clerk
Probate: 1958, District Court
Court: 1959, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1890-1958, land records 1880-1978, marriage records 1890-1971, military discharge records 1919-1978, and probate records 1891-1957.

Niobrara
Box 1238, Lusk, WY 82225
(307) 334-2211
http://genealogytrails.com/wyo/niobrara
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent county: Converse
Marriage records: start in 1964, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1922, District Court
Land: 1964, County Clerk
Probate: 1964, District Court
Court: 1922, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1913-1921, land records 1883-1963, marriage and probate records 1889-1963, and military discharge records 1919-1963.

Park
1002 Sheridan Ave., Cody, WY 82414
(307) 527-8500
http://www.parkcounty.us
Incorporated: February 1909
Parent county: Big Horn
Marriage records: start in 1965, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1971, District Court
Land: 1965, County Clerk
Probate: 1956, District Court
Court: 1971, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1911-1970, land and Marriage records 1911-1964, military discharge records 1919-1964, and probate records 1911-1955.

Pease
Incorporated: December 1875
Parent counties: Carbon and Sweetwater
Notes: See Johnson County. Name changed to Johnson 1879.

Platte
Box 728, Wheatland, WY 82201
(307) 322-3555
http://plattecountywyoming.com
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent county: Laramie
Marriage records: start in 1966, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1979, District Court
Land: 1966, County Clerk
Probate: 1969, District Court
Court: 1979, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1913-1978, land records 1873-1965, marriage records 1913-1965, military discharge records 1919-1965, and probate records 1913-1968.

Sheridan
224 S. Main St., Sheridan, WY 82801
(307) 674-6722
http://www.sheridancounty.com
Incorporated: March 1888
Parent county: Johnson
Marriage records: start in 1962, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1956, District Court
Land: 1972, County Clerk
Probate: 1925, District Court
Court: 1956, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1888-1955, land records 1888-1971, marriage records 1888-1961, military discharge records 1922-1971, and probate records 1888-1924.

Sublette
Box 250,, Pinedale, WY 82941
(307) 367-4372
http://www.sublette.com
Incorporated: February 1921
Parent counties: Fremont, Lincoln
Marriage records: start in 1968, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1923, District Court
Land: 1968, County Clerk
Probate: 1923, District Court
Court: 1923, District Court
Notes: State Archives has land records 1922-1967 and marriage records 1923-1967.

Sweetwater
Box 730, Green River, WY 82935
(307) 872-9360
http://www.sweet.wy.us
Incorporated: Dec. 27, 1867
Parent county: Original County
Marriage records: start in 1967, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1987, District Court
Land: 1948, County Clerk
Probate: 1960, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1870-1986, land records 1868-1947, marriage records 1870-1966, military discharge records 1898-1948, naturalization records 1890-1931, and probate records 1869-1959. Formerly Carter County. Name changed to Sweetwater 1869. See Nebraska for 1860 census.

Teton
Box 3594, Jackson, WY 83001
(307) 733-4430
http://www.tetonwyo.org
Incorporated: February 1921
Parent county: Lincoln
Marriage records: start in 1969, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1980, District Court
Land: 1969, County Clerk
Probate: 1978, District Court
Court: 1980, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1923-1979, land records 1902-1968, marriage records 1922-1968, military discharge records 1941-1967, and probate records 1922-1977.

Uinta
225 Ninth St., Evanston, WY 82931
(307) 783-0301
http://www.uintacounty.com
Incorporated: December 1869
Parent county: Original County
Marriage records: 1972, County Clerk & Recorder
Land: 1977, County Clerk & Recorder
Divorce: start in 1970, kept by District Court
Probate: 1934, District Court
Court: 1970, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1872-1969, land records 1861-1976, marriage records 1872-1971, military discharge records 1919-1965, naturalization records 1872-1941, and probate records 1861-1933. See Nebraska for the 1860 census.

Washakie
Box 260, Worland, WY 82401
(307) 347-3131
http://washakiecounty.net
Incorporated: February 1911
Parent county: Big Horn
Marriage records: start in 1913, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1979 District Court
Land: 1953 County Clerk
Probate: 1973 District Court
Court: 1979 District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1912-1978, land records 1913-1952, and probate records 1913-1972.

Weston
1 W. Main St., Newcastle, WY 82701
(307) 746-2684
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wyweston
Incorporated: March 1890
Parent county: Crook
Marriage records: start in 1970, kept by County Clerk
Divorce: 1966, District Court
Land: 1968, County Clerk
Probate: 1970, District Court
Court: 1966, District Court
Notes: State Archives has court and divorce records 1890-1965, land records 1886-1967, marriage records 1890-1969, military discharge records 1919-1967, and probate records 1891-1969.

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