Washakie County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Washakie County

County Courthouse
Washakie County Courthouse 1023 Big Horn Avenue P.O. Box 862 Worland, WY 82401 (307) 347-4821

County Clerk has marriage and land records; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records

Parent County
1911--Washakie County was created 9 February 1911 from Big Horn County. County seat: Worland

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Horn
 * Fremont
 * Hot Springs
 * Johnson
 * Natrona
 * Park

Cemeteries
Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery Complex West River Rd. Worland, WY 82401 (307) 347-8948 (307) 347-2486 Located west of the city of Worland. Cemetery records are managed by the City Clerk's office. Ten Sleep Cemetery P.O. Box 394 Ten Sleep, WY 82442 Located on the west edge of Ten Sleep. The Ten Sleep Cemetery website contains a full cemetery registry, headstone images, plot map, history, and contact information.

Church
LDS Church wards and branches: Worland 1st, Worland 2nd, and Tensleep.

Newspapers
Worland Grit - December 1905 to May 1939

Operated in Worland, Washakie, Wyoming. Archives can be found at the Wyoming Newspaper Project.

Northern Wyoming Daily News- June 1939 to present

201 N. 8th Worland, Wyoming 82401 (307) 347-3241

Operated in Worland, Washakie, Wyoming. The name was changed from the Worland Grit in June 1939. A free archives database can be found on their website for issues from January 3, 2006 to present.

Vital Records
458 marriages from 1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 1930 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Ten Sleep Wyoming Family History Center
 * Worland Wyoming Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.