Carbon County Wyoming Genealogy and Family History resources

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Carbon County was organized in 1868.

Carbon County, which, like the town, earned its name from coal, became one of the original five counties of Wyoming Territory. It was created on Dec. 16, 1868 by the Eighth Dakota Territorial Legislature Assembly. Like the other four first counties, Carbon stretched north across the entire territory, from Colorado to the Montana line. In succeeding decades, Sheridan, Johnson, and Natrona Counties were carved out of Carbon County’s original extent.

The county holds more incorporated towns — 10 — within its boundaries than any other county in Wyoming. In addition to Rawlins, still the county seat, they include Baggs, Dixon, Elk Mountain, Encampment, Hanna, Medicine Bow, Riverside, Sinclair and Saratoga.

Carbon County, Wyo., in the south-central part of the state, stretches north about 95 miles from the southern border, and, in a not-quite-oblong shape, roughly 83 miles east to west. In those 7,896 square miles, the county contains rich natural resources, gorgeous mountains, scenic vistas and precious rivers and streams. Indians and, later, trappers and mountain men appreciated the rugged beauty and recognized the potential economic value of this place.

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Biographies and Bibliography	Cemeteries and Obituaries	Census - Transcriptions
Abbot, John H. Ashley, Henry D. Calvert, Lycurgus Chatterton, Fenimore Crow, Arthur H. Drury, Edwin S. Greene, Samuel D. Greenough, Alice Hadsell, Kleber Jebens, Carl Jebens, Carlie Jennings, Harry Burt Jensen, Gustave And Clement E. Kearns, Foster Kuntzman, George Kuykendall, W. L. Larsen, Hans Warden, George Francis Wyoming Wagon Train Attack	Anderson Cemetery Anderson Ranch Cemetery Baggett Cemetery Baggs Cemetery Baker Cemetery 2nd site Battle Cemetery Bird Gulch Cemetery Cadwell Cemetery Carbon Cemetery Dixon Cemetery Elk Mountain Cemetery Encampment Cemetery Eversole Cemetery Fort Steele Cemetery Grand Encampment Cemetery Hanna Cemetery Higby Cemetery Indian Creek Cemetery Kennaday Cemetery McCarger Cemetery Medicine Bow Cemetery Mexican Flats Cemetery Mountain View Cemetery Overland Crossing Cemetery Pioneer Cemetery - see Overland Crossing Cemetery Platt Cemetery Rawlins Cemetery Also known as Rawlins City Cemetery, Rawlins Municipal Cemetery, Saint Joseph Cemetery Reader Cemetery 2nd site 3rd site Ridding Family Cemetery Saint Joseph's Cemetery Also known as Rawlins Cemetery Saratoga Cemetery Saulsbury Ranch Cemetery Snake River Military Cemetery Wyoming Penitentiary Cemetery	1870 1870 Carbon (town) partial 1870 Como 1870 Dana 1870 Fort Fred Steele 1870 Fort Halleck 1870 Medicine Bow 1870 Percey 1870 Rawlins Springs 1870 Separation 1870 St. Mary's 1880
Communities	Gazetteers, Land Records & Maps	Lists
Arlington Baggs Dixon Elk Mountain Encampment Hanna History Medicine Bow Rawlins Riverside Saratoga Savery Sinclair Walcott	Land Patent Search 1894 Carbon County map Carbon County Newspapers Topo Maps and Aerial Photos Ghost Towns of Wyoming Map of Wyoming County Numbers	1930 State Penitentiary Index of Prisoners 1904 List of Physicians Naturalization Records
Museums & Genealogy Societies
Carbon County Museum The 'Old Pen' Fort Fred Steele Saratoga Museum Grand Encampment Museum Little Snake River Museum Medicine Bow Museum	Central High School The Virginian Hotel
Look Up Assistance	Links	Military
Until we have some look up volunteers for this site, the following sites may be of help: Wyoming Lookups Message Board Cyndi's List of Lookup Services Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness	Genealogy Resources by State Historic Highway Marker Database Hometown Locator Officers Killed in the Line of Duty Western States Marriages Wyoming Inventors Wyoming Trademarks	Civil War Pensioners, 1883 1910 G.A.R. - C. W. Collins Post, Rawlins The Civil War Sleuth website Civil War Information
	Neighboring Counties
	Sweetwater (west) Fremont (northwest) Natrona (north) Converse (northeast) Albany (east) Jackson Co., CO (southeast) Routt Co., CO (south) Moffat Co., CO (southwest)

Carbon County Wyoming Genealogy

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This page updated June 2019.

Ridding Family Cemetery