Maps and Places

As with all of the West, communities lived and died quickly in early Big Horn County. Sometimes in researching our family a place name may leave us scratching our heads so it is pretty important to understand the geography in order to understand history.

Post Office

Post office locations are a great way to see the change in communities over time. These locations come from the United States Official Postal Guide for 1899, 1909, and 1920. A copy of each is available on Google books for free.

Some of these places just disappeared, some were divided into a different county and some post offices were shut down with the mail routed to a nearby post office. You can find descriptions of some of these places at Wyoming Places, a service by the Wyoming State Library.

1899	1909	1920
	Anchor
Alamo
Basin	Basin	Basin
Bigtrails	Bigtrails	(now Washakie Co.)
Bonanza	Bonanza
Burlington	Burlington	Burlington
	Byron	Byron
Cedar
	Chrystal
Clark	(now Park Co.)
Cloverly	Cloverly	Cloverly
Cody	(now Park Co.)
	Colter
	Cowley	Cowley
	Crosby
		Deaver
	Deep Creek
Eagle
Embar	Embar	(now Hot Springs Co.)
		Emblem
Fenton	Fenton
Fourbear	(now Park Co.)
Frannie	Frannie	Frannie
	Gebo	(now Hot Springs Co.)
Germania	Germania
	Greybull	Greybull
Hartman
	Humes	Himes
Hyattville	Hyattville	Hyattville
	Ionia
Irma
Ishawood	(now Park Co.)
Jordan
Kane		Kane
	Kirby	(now Hot Springs Co.)
Kirwin	(now Park Co.)
Lovell	Lovell	Lovell
	Manderson	Manderson
Marquette	(now Park Co.)
Meeteetse	(now Park Co.)
Middleton
	Neiber	(now Washakie Co.)
	No Wood	(now Washakie Co.)
Otto	Otto	Otto
	Rairden
	Raymond
Redbank
	Rothwell
	Saint Joe
Shell	Shell	Shell
Sunshine	(now Park Co.)
Tensleep	Tensleep	(now Washakie Co.)
Tinkcom
	Winchester	(now Washakie Co.)
Wise
	Worland	(now Washakie Co.)

 

Stephanie Ashby, County Coordinator