Although Wyoming wasn't made a state until 1890, it did get enumerated... just not where most of you probably think. Where then, are you supposed to look for your relatives? Hopefully, this page will give you the answer; and, if not the answer, then at least a direction.
If emboldened or underlined, you should run your cursor over the place of enumeration to access a particular page. Hopefully, we have a transcriber (or two, or three) out there who would like to donate their time and efforts to getting some of the censuses online here for everyone. If you have any censuses you'd like to submit, please contact me.
Dated notes are injected where necessary in between census years. They should be used as guides to your next census step. In advance, you might like to know that a red Note: is not a good thing.
Links to an assortment of maps on this site are provided to give you a visual image of at least some of the boundary changes.
Only links to free sites are shown below.
|
Year |
At that time the region that would become Wyoming was in... |
Location & Any Notes |
Map |
|
1790 |
Spain | X | |
| 1800 | Spain | X | |
| 1810 | Louisiana Territory, Oregon Country, Spain | X | |
| 1820 | Missouri Territory, Oregon Country, Spain | X | |
| 1930 | Unorganized Territory, Oregon Country, Mexico | X | |
| 1840 | Unorganized Territory, Oregon Country, Mexico, Disputed Area | X | |
| 1850 | Unorganized Territory, Oregon Territory, Utah Territory, Texas | X | |
| 1860 | Nebraska Territory, Washington Territory, Utah Territory |
1860 Fort Laramie census 1867. Cheyenne founded. 1867. Laramie County created by Dakota Legislature. 1868 July 25. Wyoming Territory created. 1868. Albany and Carter Counties are organized. Wind River Reservation created. 1869-Wyoming Territory organized. Carter County is changed to Sweetwater County. Uinta County is organized. |
X |
| 1869 | Wyoming Territory | ||
| 1870 | Wyoming Territory | X | |
| 1880 | Wyoming Territory |
1883 Civil War pensioners 1884. Fremont County is organized. 1888. Crook, Pease (Johnson), Converse, Natrona, and Sheridan Counties are organized. |
X |
| 1890 | Wyoming | NOTE:
Non-existent. Destroyed by fire in 1921 in the Commerce Building
in D.C. A replacement for this census is the special schedule
enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil
War. A set of these schedules exist for Wyoming. 1890 July 10. Wyoming Territory admitted into Union as 44th state |
X |
| 1900 | Wyoming | Population: 92,531 1909. Park County is organized. |
X |
| 1910 | Wyoming | Population: 145,965. 1911. Campbell, Goshen, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Niobrara, Platte, and Washakie Counties are organized. |
X |
| 1920 | Wyoming | Population: 194,531. | X |
| 1930 | Wyoming | Population, 225,565.
1921. Teton and Sublette Counties are organized. |
Please email your contributions, questions, and comments to
State Coordinator
Rebecca Maloney
Assistant State Coordinator
Bob
Jenkins