Johnson County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming Johnson County

Guide to Johnson County, Wyoming ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Courthouse
Johnson County Courthouse 76 N Main Street Buffalo, WY 82834 Phone: 307.684.7272 Johnson County Website County Clerk has marriage and land records. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Johnson County, Wyoming Record Dates

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 * width="91%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
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 * width="13%" align="center" | 1881*
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 * width="13%" align="center" | 1881
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1881
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1885
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wyoming County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wyoming County Boundary Maps" (1848-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
 * Parent County: created 8 December 1875 from Carbon County
 * County seat: Buffalo 

Populated Places

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Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Local Histories

 * Wyoming History.org

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Wyoming - shows boundary changes for Wyoming Counties
 * Historical Maps and Atlases of wyoming - maps and atlases of Wyoming

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 530 marriages 4 Jun 1881 to 28 Sep 1904

Libraries

 * Johnson County Library

Websites

 * Johnson County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Webpage
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups
 * Wikipedia